Rita J. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

¶ 1 In April 1998, the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) filed a petition alleging that Abby- R. and Stephanie S. were dependent children as contemplated by A.R.S. § 8-201(ll)(a) and (b). The children were adjudicated dependent as to the mother after she agreed not to contest an amended dependency petition in August 1998. The mother appeals from the juvenile court’s order of December 30, 1999, entered after a permanency hearing, held pursuant to A.R.S. § 8-862, in which the court found that returning the children to the mother would create a substantial risk…