he engaged in substance-abuse treatment. He
also missed nearly forty percent of his domestic violence classes.
Nonetheless, by October 2015, the parents were allowed overnight
weekend visits with the children, as well as twice-weekly monitored visits,
and DCS eventually moved to change the children’s physical custody to
Father.

¶11          In early December 2015, the juvenile court granted Father
physical custody of the children, in part because he assured DCS that he
would follow DCS’s directive to not leave the children alone with Mother.4
In February 2016, the court orally dismissed the case, and soon after, DCS
lodged a formal order to dismiss.

¶12           Shortly thereafter, however, Mother contacted DCS and
explained that Father had relapsed on methamphetamines, was physically
and emotionally abusingher, and the children were unsafe in the
residence.5 Mother sought an order of protection against Father, and she
and the children moved in with the maternal grandparents with a safety
plan. Father then made harassing phone calls to Mother and caused
destruction at the maternal grandparents’ residence, including shattering
the windows and denting the trunk of Mother’s car, which led to the filing
of numerous police reports and a charge of aggravated domestic violence
against Father. Mother refused to cease communication with Father,
however, and the maternal grandparents requested that Mother vacate the
residence, leaving Mother without stable housing for her and the children.
Mother was referred to a domestic violence shelter, but refused to go.

¶13           Father contacted DCS, expressing concerns that Mother and
the children were staying