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Father appeals juvenile‑court dismissal, arguing juvenile forum required despite concurrent probate proceedings
Summary
In a care‑and‑protection appeal, appellant argued the juvenile court erred by dismissing a chapter 119 §24 petition and declining an emergency hearing; DCF and the mother countered that the filing was forum shopping amid an ongoing probate custody dispute and that juvenile discretion was appropriate.
Counsel for the appellant father, Jennifer Lamanna, told the panel the juvenile court should have held a hearing on the §24 petition because the petition alleged recent injuries and imminent risk to the child; she said the father filed in juvenile court after he had been unable to obtain quicker relief in probate court and that the juvenile process provides appointed counsel, investigators, and expedited preliminary hearings.
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