Department of Human Services v. L. S. H.

Mother appeals from a juvenile court judgment taking dependency jurisdiction over mother’s five-year-old daughter, C. The juvenile court determined that it had jurisdiction over C after mother entered into an agreement with the Department of Human Services (DHS). Under that agreement, mother waived her right to an evidentiary hearing on jurisdiction and admitted to one of the jurisdictional allegations in the petition, as that allegation had been modified in accordance with the parties’ agreement.1 The issue before us is whether the amended jurisdictional allegation to which mother admitted…