Department of Human Services v. T. E. B.

In this juvenile dependency case, the court took jurisdiction over child after father admitted facts that formed one of the alleged bases for jurisdiction. Father appeals, contending that his statements and pro se filings throughout the proceedings demonstrate that father admitted only the fact that he was incarcerated and did not “knowingly or voluntarily” admit to facts sufficient to establish jurisdiction. Father assigns error to the court’s assertion of jurisdiction and to the court’s subsequent refusal to allow father to withdraw his admission. Alternatively, father argues that the…