Department of Human Services v. J. R. L.

Mother appeals a permanency judgment, assigning error to the juvenile court’s denial of her motion to dismiss jurisdiction and wardship over her daughter, A, and the change of the permanency plan from reunification to adoption. A was a ward of the court based on mother’s admissions relating to exposure of A to risks of sexual abuse by A’s father, a lack of suitable housing, and a failure to meet A’s educational needs. Mother contends that the wardship should have been dismissed because she had adequately addressed those bases for jurisdiction and because the juvenile court improperly relied…