VAN DAAM v. HEGSTROM

85-2146; CA A40742.

744 P.2d 269 (1987)

88 Or.App. 40

Dorothy Cozad VAN DAAM, Cynthia Nord, Billy Joe Johnson, and Sharon A. Ferea, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Leo T. HEGSTROM, Individually and in His Official Capacity As Director of the Department of Human Resources; Jewel Goddard, Individually and in His Official Capacity As Assistant Director of the Department of Human Resources; David B. Frohnmayer, Individually and in His Official Capacity As Attorney General of the State of Oregon; and Jim Hunter, Individually and in His Official Capacity As Administrator of the Support Enforcement Division, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Schradle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Julie H. McFarlane, Juvenile Rights Project, Inc., Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With her on the briefs was Susan I. Buckles, Oregon Legal Services Corp., Hillsboro.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.


WARREN, Judge.

Plaintiffs in this class action are parents of children who have been found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court because they committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would have been violations of criminal law, ORS 419.476(1)(a), and who have been committed to a secure training school or to a temporary work and training camp.1 The state has sought to enforce plaintiffs' statutory obligation to support...

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