Department of Human Services v. M. Q.

Father appeals a juvenile court judgment in which the court took jurisdiction over his child. The court did not assert jurisdiction as to father on the basis of any of the allegations as pleaded in the operative jurisdictional petition. Instead, the court determined that jurisdiction was warranted because the child’s welfare was endangered “by reason of the following facts”:

“the child was previously a ward of the court, and the child’s father failed to complete court ordered treatment, including chemical abuse treatment; coupled with a history of criminal activity, and incarceration,…