Department of Human Services v. A. R. S.

This is the third time that we have considered an appeal in this juvenile dependency case. In the first appeal, we reversed and remanded a permanency judgment because the juvenile court had analyzed mother’s progress to allow child to return to her care under an incorrect legal standard — that is, the court incorrectly determined that a parent’s ability to parent independently is a legal requirement for parental fitness. Dept. of Human Services v. A. R. S., 249 Or App 603, 605-06, 278 P3d 91 (2012) (ARS I). In the second appeal, we reversed and remanded another permanency judgment because the…