In Re Interest of Dalton S.

NATURE OF CASE

Following a dispositional hearing, Dalton S., represented at the dispositional hearing by counsel and a guardian ad litem (GAL), was placed in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Juvenile Services (OJS), in a treatment foster home. Dalton asserts that the court erred in placing him outside his uncle’s home, where he had been residing, without a written determination expressly finding that continuation in the home would be contrary to Dalton’s health, safety, or welfare and that reasonable efforts to preserve and unify the family had…