People in Interest of JH

MARQUEZ, Judge.

In this dependency and neglect proceeding concerning the child, J.H., petitioner, the Otero County Department of Social Services (Department), appeals the trial court’s decree of disposition in which it placed legal and physical custody of the child with R.J. in RJ.’s private home and ordered the Department to provide reimbursement to R.J. for the costs of that placement. It also appeals the denial of its motion to alter or amend the decree and its motion to dismiss. We affirm.

The Department filed a petition in dependency and neglect in October 1987. Following entry of its…