Department of Human Services v. J. R.

In this consolidated appeal, father appeals juvenile court judgments concerning his two youngest children, JMR and JMLR.1 First, father appeals review judgments in Case Numbers 14JV0056 and 14JV0057 denying his motion to dismiss jurisdiction based on his failure to protect the children from mother. Second, he appeals jurisdictional judgments in Case Numbers 14JV0103 and 14JV0104 asserting jurisdiction based on father’s substance abuse.

Father initially filed a motion to dismiss jurisdiction in Case Numbers 14JV0056 and 14JV0057 in November 2014. That motion was denied, and father subsequently…