In re L.S. & K.S.

In. this CHINS ease, mother appeals a disposition order from the family court, modifying the court’s previous order, which approved a case plan goal of reunification of the children with mother. The new order sets a goal of long-term foster care. Mother contends that the court erred (1) by placing the burden of proof upon her to show changed circumstances, under 33 V.S.A. § 5532, a necessary prerequisite to modification of the disposition order; and (2) by relying on mother’s poverty, and the foster parents’ relative affluence, in making its order. We agree with the first point and therefore…