Ms. Johnson represented a 16 year old girl who had been placed into foster care by the Department of Human Services (DHS). DHS was fearful that her father’s diagnosed mental health problems created a ‘threat of harm’ in the household to any child that lived there. So, they had placed Ms. Johnson’s client into foster care. At trial, Ms. Johnson proved that although her client’s father had a mental health diagnosis, there was no proof (we call it a ‘nexus’) that his mental health actually created any risk of harm to Ms. Johnson’s client. After all the evidence and argument, the judge agreed with Ms. Johnson and dismissed the case thus returning Ms. Johnson’s client to her home