Juvenile Officer v. R.O. (In re Z.N.O.)

R.O., Father, appeals the circuit court's judgment finding Father neglected his two-year-old daughter,1 Child, by exposing Child to domestic violence and failing to protect Child's four-year-old half-sibling (Sibling) from physical abuse perpetrated by Child's mother. Father asserts three points of court error. First, he contends the circuit court erred in sustaining Count 2 of the Juvenile Officer's petition alleging Child was in need of care and subject to the court's jurisdiction because it refused to consider evidence that Child was not in need of care and treatment at the time of the…