BURNETTE v. WAHL

TC 75-2L, TC 75-1L and TC 75-16L; SC 25069, SC 25123 and SC 25028.

588 P.2d 1105 (1978)

284 Or. 705

Camelia Celeste BURNETTE, a Minor, by David L. Slader, Her Guardian Ad Litem, Appellant, v. Cheryl C. Burnette WAHL, Respondent. Joseph Immanuel Wahl, III, Charles Lewis Wahl, and Millie Christina Wahl, Minors, by David L. Slader, Their Guardian Ad Litem, Appellants, v. CHERYL C. BURNETTE WAHL, Respondent. Brian James Chocktoot, a Minor, by David L. Slader, His Guardian, Appellant, v. VALETA BABE CHOCKTOOT KIRK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Reargued and Submitted December 5, 1978.

Decided December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Slader, Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellants.

Enver Bozgoz, Klamath Falls, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent Wahl.

No appearance for respondent Kirk.


HOLMAN, Justice.

Three identical cases have been consolidated for appeal. Plaintiffs are five minor children aged two to eight who, through their guardian, are bringing actions against their mothers for emotional and psychological injury caused by failure of defendant-mothers to perform their parental duties to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs appeal from orders of dismissal entered after demurrers were sustained to the complaints and plaintiffs refused to plead further.

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