Department of Human Services v. C. C.

Mother appeals from a judgment of the juvenile court making her two-year-old son a ward of the juvenile court and committing him to the custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS), based on allegations that the child was under threat of harm for neglect, because mother had displayed mental or emotional instability that hinders her ability to parent, had been involved in incidents of domestic violence while the child was present, had failed to benefit from services offered by DHS, and continued to make poor decisions that placed the child at risk and at threat of harm.1

The jurisdictional…