A. F. v. Oregon Department of Human Services

The Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals from a trial court judgment that reversed DHS’s administrative determination that mother had neglected her child based on the court’s conclusion that DHS had failed to prove an “actual risk” of harm to the child.1 We reverse.

On December 11, 2009, DHS received a report that mother’s five-year-old child, T. R., had told school officials that his father “went loco” and “tried to stab him with a knife.” T. R. also stated that his father was living with him and mother. DHS officials were aware that father had been designated as a predatory sex…