Department of Human Services v. J. R.

In this dependency case, it is undisputed that mother is unfit. The juvenile court assumed jurisdiction based on allegations related to mother and an allegation that father failed to protect his two children, JMR and JMLR, from mother. Father later moved to dismiss jurisdiction, which the court continued after a hearing on father’s motion. Father appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to show that the children’s present conditions and circumstances endanger their welfare. ORS 419B.100(l)(c). We agree with father and reverse.

In reviewing the juvenile court’s judgment, “we view…