Department of Human Services v. M. S.

M, a two-year-old child, is a ward of the juvenile court in the custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS). On appeal from a permanency judgment that continued her permanency plan as reunification with mother, M assigns error to the juvenile court’s finding that, with “further efforts,” she can be returned to mother’s care “within a reasonable period of time,” and to its related decision not to change M’s permanency plan to adoption. See ORS 419B.476 (regarding permanency plans for wards of the court in substitute care). On review for legal error, Dept. of Human Services v. A. W.…