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STATE EX REL. TORRES v. MASON

No. SC S39372.

848 P.2d 592 (1993)

STATE ex rel. Jose Hernandez TORRES, Plaintiff-Relator, v. The Honorable James A. MASON, Circuit Court Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District for the State of Oregon, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided February 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Salisbury, of Grove & Salisbury, Clatskanie, argued the cause and filed the briefs for plaintiff-relator.

Wesley S. Johnson, Longview, WA, argued the cause and filed the brief for defendant.

PETERSON, Justice.

The questions presented in this mandamus proceeding are whether Oregon's Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), ORS 109.700 to 109.930,1 applies to adoption proceedings and, if so, whether that Act confers jurisdiction on an Oregon court under the facts of this case. We conclude that the UCCJA applies to adoption proceedings but that, in this instance, it does not confer jurisdiction on an Oregon court. Accordingly...

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