Department of Human Services v. D. S. F.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the court erred in asserting jurisdiction over the children based on the father’s conduct, but noting that the father “does not dispute that the court could take jurisdiction over the children based on mother’s conduct”
• DHS has the burden to prove that the threat of harm is current and not speculative
• “Evidence that a child has been exposed to a parent exhibiting the adverse effects of intoxication is not, in and of itself, a basis for juvenile court jurisdiction over a child.”
• “Evidence that a child has been exposed to a parent exhibiting the adverse effects of intoxication is not, in and of itself, a basis for juvenile court jurisdiction over a child [;] * * * there must be evidence that the exposure puts the child at risk of serious loss or injury”
• “Evidence that a child has been exposed to a parent exhibiting the adverse effects of intoxication is not, in and of itself, a basis for juvenile court jurisdiction over a child[;] * * * there must be evidence that the exposure puts the child at risk of serious loss or injury.”
• ‘Evidence that a child has been exposed to a parent exhibiting the adverse effects of intoxication is not, in and of itself, a basis for juvenile court jurisdiction over a child [;] * * * there must be evidence that the exposure puts the child at risk of serious loss or injury.’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).