Department of Human Services v. J. G.

Father appeals a judgment finding his biological son, AG, to be within the court’s jurisdiction based on allegations that father’s emotional and physical abuse toward his four stepchildren presented a danger to his biological son. The only evidence that the juvenile court relied on to assert jurisdiction was out-of-court statements made by father’s stepchildren, who had described the abuse to two testifying witnesses. On appeal, father argues that the juvenile court erred in admitting hearsay evidence over his objection and seeks reversal of the jurisdictional finding as to AG on that basis.…