Department of Social & Health Services v. Paulos

¶1 After Carissa Paulos entered into an agreed order of dependency, the court entered an order placing her four-year-old daughter with the paternal grandparents. At the first dependency review hearing, the court removed M.R. from the care of her paternal grandparents based solely on the court’s unfounded concerns about their immigration status. Because the decision to remove M.R. from the care of her paternal grandparents was based on untenable grounds and contrary to law, we reverse.

FACTS

¶2 M.R. was born on June 1, 2007. Carissa Paulos is M.R.’s mother and Erik Rios-Jimenez is the child’s…