STATE EX REL. SOSCF v. STILLMAN

(96-276J and 96-275J; CA A107034)

1 P.3d 500 (2000)

167 Or. App. 446

In the Matter of Jacara Murelle Ahlgren-Stillman, a Minor Child. STATE ex rel. STATE OFFICE FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; Jacara Murelle Ahlgren-Stillman; and Laura Ahlgren, Respondents, v. Donald E. STILLMAN, aka Donnie Stillman, Appellant. In the Matter of Keith Alexander Stillman, a Minor Child. State ex rel. State Office for Services to Children and Families; Keith Alexander Stillman; and Laura Ahlgren, Respondents, v. Donald E. Stillman, aka Donnie Stillman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Palmer, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Denise G. Fjordbeck, Salem, argued the cause for respondents State Office for Services to Children and Families, Jacara Murelle Ahlgren-Stillman and Keith Alexander Stillman. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Respondent Laura Ahlgren waived appearance.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and DEITS, Chief Judge, and KISTLER, Judge.


KISTLER, J.

Father appeals from a judgment terminating his parental rights to his two children. We reverse.

Before 1990, father had been convicted twice on drug charges. He enrolled in a drug treatment program and met mother, who was also enrolled in the program. The couple's daughter was born in June 1991. Sometime after their daughter was born, mother started drinking and father began using methamphetamine again. When mother learned that she was pregnant...

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