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STATE EX REL. JUVENILE DEPT. v. SILENCE

No. CA A65679.

803 P.2d 1223 (1991)

105 Or. App. 149

In the Matter of Michael Francis Silence, a Child. STATE ex rel. JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF BENTON COUNTY, CHILDREN'S SERVICES DIVISION, and Michael Francis Silence, Respondents, v. Roberta SILENCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 9, 1991.

Reconsideration Denied February 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jad Lemhouse, Corvallis, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Jerome Lidz, 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.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and ROSSMAN and DE MUNIZ, JJ.

ROSSMAN, Judge.

In this appeal from an order terminating parental rights, mother challenges the trial court's failure to appoint independent counsel to represent her five-year-old son at the termination hearing.1

Mother asserts that the juvenile court had jurisdiction under ORS 419.476(1)(e) and, therefore, should have appointed counsel for the child pursuant to ORS 419.498(2)(a). The relevant statutes provide, in part:

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