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MATTER OF CHAPMAN

No. 37783; CA 19630.

631 P.2d 831 (1981)

53 Or.App. 268

In the matter of Diane Chapman, a Child. State ex rel. Juvenile Department of Multnomah County, Respondent, v. LESLIE CHAPMAN AND CONSTANCE CHAPMAN, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bradford Benziger, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

Richard D. Wasserman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., John R. McCulloch, Jr., Sol. Gen., William F. Gary, Deputy Sol. Gen., and Al J. Laue, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem.

Before GILLETTE, P.J., and ROBERTS and YOUNG, JJ.

ROBERTS, Judge.

The parents appeal from an order terminating their parental rights in their four year-old daughter. The facts amply demonstrate the unusual manner in which the state proceeded. On May 20, 1980, police were called to the Chapmans' home to investigate a family disturbance which had been reported by a neighbor. The deputy who responded to the call found no disturbance, but, finding the house "filthy" and both parents "drunk," he took the child, Diane...

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