STATE EX REL. JUV. DEPT. OF MULTNOMAH v. WADE


527 P.2d 753 (1974)

IN THE MATTER OF EZRA AND HADASSAH WADE, Minor Children. STATE ex rel. Juvenile Department of Multnomah County, Respondent, v. Ralph WADE and Claudia Wade, Husband and Wife, Appellants, Ezra and Hadassah Wade, Minor Children, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.B. Bouneff, Portland, argued the cause for appellants Ralph Wade and Claudia Wade. With him on the brief were Bouneff, Muller & Marshall, Portland.

David Lowell Slader, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants Ezra and Hadassah Wade.

Betsy Welch, Sr. Deputy Dist. Atty., Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Harl Haas, Dist. Atty., Portland.

Richard L. North and Paul Piersma, St. Louis, Mo., filed a brief amicus curiae for National Juvenile Law Center.

Before LANGTRY, P.J., and FOLEY and FORT, JJ.


LANGTRY, Presiding Judge.

After a hearing held in accordance with ORS 419.525, the circuit court determined that Ralph and Claudia Wade were "unfit by reason of conditions which are and which will continue to be seriously detrimental * * *" to their children, Ezra and Hadassah, and terminated their parental rights. The court based this action on its finding that although the Wades were well-meaning and had maintained contact with the children throughout almost four...

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