Department of Human Services v. T. H.

Father appeals from a judgment of the juvenile court continuing the permanency plan of APPLA, or “another planned permanent living arrangement,”1 for his two children. He argues that we must reverse and remand the judgment because the juvenile court failed to make certain statutorily-mandated written findings. The Department of Human Services (DHS) responds that, at the permanency hearing, father failed to object to the lack of findings, thereby waiving his right to assign error on appeal to that lack, and that, in any event, omitting the findings was harmless error. As explained below, we…