Department of Human Services v. D. D.

Mother appeals from a juvenile court judgment taking jurisdiction over her six-year-old son and ordering that he be placed with father. She makes five assignments of error, three of which we reject without further discussion. We write to address only mother’s arguments that the juvenile court erred in asserting jurisdiction over child and in failing to include required findings in the judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude, first, that the juvenile court did not err in taking jurisdiction and, second, that we should not exercise our discretion to review mother’s unpreserved…