1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.2d
  4. 701 P.2d
  5. 701 P.2d 1052 (1985)
 

STATE EX REL. DEP'T OF MULTNOMAH CTY. v. CHARLES

TC 80,230; CA A29488; SC S31309.

701 P.2d 1052 (1985)

299 Or. 341

IN THE MATTER OF JADE CHARLES, a Child. STATE of Oregon, ex rel. Juvenile Department of Multnomah County, Petitioner On Review, v. Jamesyn CHARLES, Respondent On Review, and Sitka Community Association, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Argued and Submitted March 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. DeVries, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With her on the briefs were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, and Karen H. Green, Assistant Attorney General, Salem.

Patrick R. Berg, Lake Oswego, argued the cause for respondent on review. With him on the briefs was Buckley, Johnson, Carlson, Bolen & Berg, P.C., Lake Oswego.

LeRoy W. Wilder, Portland, argued the cause for intervenor on review. With him on the brief was Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Wilder, Portland.

Gary Forrester, Native American Indian Program, Oregon Legal Services, Portland, filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

PER CURIAM.

We accepted review in this case to consider the meaning of the term "qualified expert witness" as that term is used in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1912(e). In addition to the Court of Appeals' interpretation of that term, its decision rested on an independent ground, the state's failure to show that remedial efforts to prevent the breakup of the family were unsuccessful. The state petitioned for review on one ground only. At oral argument...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases