Department of Human Services v. T. L.

This juvenile dependency case presents the question whether, after the juvenile court has adjudicated allegations of conduct by a child’s parents that places the child at risk of serious loss or injury that is reasonably likely to be realized, and, accordingly, has taken jurisdiction over the child, the court must consider whether to terminate the wardship as a result of a parent’s plan to have someone else parent *693the child. The majority holds that, by presenting such a plan, a parent may avoid ameliorating the adjudicated risk-causing conduct but nevertheless require the court to consider…