MATTER OF TROY


555 P.2d 933 (1976)

27 Or.App. 185

In the matter of Troy M. and Stacey M., Children. State of Oregon ex rel. Washington County, Juvenile Department, Petitioner-Respondent, v. KENNETH M., Respondent-Appellant. In the matter of the Adoption of Troy M. and Stacey M., Minors. Cecil and Eva G., Appellants, v. State of Oregon ex rel. Washington County, Juvenile Department, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Rueppell, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant Kenneth M.

Phillip M. Margolin, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants Cecil and Eva G.

David L. Slader, Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent children.

No appearance for State of Oregon.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and THORNTON and TANZER, JJ.


TANZER, Judge.

This is an appeal by a father from an order terminating his parental rights to his two children and an appeal by his mother and stepfather denying their petition for adoption of those children.

On November 4, 1974, after a history of marital discord, the father killed his wife, the children's mother, in the presence of their three-year-old son, by stabbing her. Their other child, a one-year-old daughter, was in her crib in the next room. The...

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