Schoenwald ex rel. L.M.C. v. M.C.

The guardian ad litem for each of three children has appealed from an order dismissing petitions to extend the dispositional order as to each child entered in Child in Need of Protection or Services proceedings (CHIPS). The issues are (1) whether previous extensions of dispositional orders are invalid because the dispositional orders had ex*380pired before the extensions were granted and (2) whether the trial court nevertheless is competent to grant the petitions to extend because the court’s competency was not challenged in previous proceedings. We conclude that one extension is invalid, but…