MATTER OF SHELTON


562 P.2d 1225 (1977)

29 Or.App. 211

In the matter of Shelton, Jerome James, a Minor Child. State of Oregon ex rel. Multnomah County Juvenile Department, Respondent, v. SHEILA SHELTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Senders, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Karen H. Green, Certified Law Student, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Mary J. Vershum, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for the minor child.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE and RICHARDSON, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

The mother appeals from an order of the circuit court terminating her parental rights in her six-year-old son. ORS 419.523(3).

In 1970, three months after her son was born, the mother left him with her aunt. Since that time, the mother has sporadically visited her son, but had not seen or communicated with him during the one-year period immediately preceding the hearing below.

The mother assigns as error the denial of her motion...

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