Dep't of Human Servs. v. J. E. F. (In re E. S.)

421 P.3d 415, 290 Or. App. 164
Court of Appeals of Oregon·Decided February 7, 2018·No. A165325·Published·Cited by 7 cases

Opinion

JAMES, J.

*166*416In this juvenile dependency case, father appeals a judgment of the juvenile court asserting jurisdiction over father's child. ORS 419B.100(1)(c). Father challenges the authority of the juvenile court to assert jurisdiction over child when, in father's view, either the allegations contained in the Department of Human Service's (DHS) jurisdiction petition are an insufficient basis to assert jurisdiction or the evidence is insufficient to prove the allegations. Specifically, father contends that allegation D-that father is the biological father of child-is an insufficient basis to assert jurisdiction, while the evidence is insufficient to prove the particular allegations of parental deficits alleged in allegation F-that father has an anger and impulse control problem that interferes with his ability to safely parent, allegation G-that father has engaged in domestic violence relationships and has not successfully completed services to ameliorate these concerns, and allegation H-that father does not understand the basic needs of his child.

In its petition, DHS alleged facts that presented a current risk of harm to child relating to both father and mother.1 With respect to father, DHS alleged that father was child's biological father and his anger, impulse control, and domestic violence issues, as well as his failure to understand the basic needs of child and his lack of parenting skills, when viewed collectively, presented a current risk of harm to child sufficient for the juvenile court to assert jurisdiction. After reviewing the record, we are satisfied that allegations D, F, G, and H, found by the juvenile court to be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, were sufficient to assert jurisdiction over father's child. Accordingly, we affirm.

Father does not request de novo review. ORS 19.415(3)(b) (judicial discretion to review de novo ); ORAP 5.40(8)(c) (de novo review exercised "only in exceptional cases"). Accordingly, "we view the evidence, as supplemented and buttressed by permissible derivative inferences, in the light most favorable to the trial court's disposition and assess whether, when so viewed, the record was legally *167sufficient to permit that outcome." Dept. of Human Services v. N. P. , 257 Or.App. 633, 639, 307 P.3d 444 (2013). "We assume the correctness of the juvenile court's explicit findings of historical fact if these findings are supported by any evidence in the record." Dept. of Human Services v. K. C. , 282 Or.App. 448, 449, 387 P.3d 476 (2016) (quoting N. P. , 257 Or.App. at 639, 307 P.3d 444 ) (internal quotations omitted). The following is presented consistent with that standard.

DHS petitioned the juvenile court to assert jurisdiction over father's child. In order "to establish jurisdiction over a child, DHS must present evidence that permits a determination that, absent juvenile court jurisdiction, the child's current circumstances pose the requisite nonspeculative risk to the child." K. C. , 282 Or.App. at 456, 387 P.3d 476. Pertinently, DHS must establish that "the parents' deficits pose a current risk of harm to the child under the child's actual circumstances." Id .

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Dep't of Human Servs. v. J. E. F. (In re E. S.), 421 P.3d 415, 290 Or. App. 164 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).

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