STATE EX REL. SOSCH v. LUCAS

J980891, J980892, J980893; A112136 (Control), A112137, A112138

33 P.3d 1001 (2001)

177 Or. App. 318

In the Matter of Selana Lee Lucas, a Minor Child. STATE ex rel. STATE OFFICE FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Selana Lee Lucas, Respondents-Cross-Respondents, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Respondent-Cross-Appellant, v. Aimee Elizabeth LUCAS, Appellant-Cross-Respondent. In the Matter of Monica Ray Lucas, a Minor Child. State ex rel State Office for Services to Children and Families and Monica Ray Lucas, Respondents-Cross-Respondents, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Respondent-Cross-Appellant, v. Aimee Elizabeth Lucas, Appellant-Cross-Respondent. In the Matter of Eleezia Nicholl Lucas-Mata, a Minor Child. State ex rel State Office for Services to Children and Families and Eleezia Nicholl Lucas-Mata, a Minor Child, Respondents-Cross-Respondents, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Respondent-Cross-Appellant, v. Aimee Elizabeth Lucas, Appellant-Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liza J. Langford, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant-cross-respondent.

Craig J. Dorsay, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent-cross-appellant Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

Daniel J. Casey, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent-cross-respondent State Office for Services to Children and Families. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Phillip T. Wiseman argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents-cross-respondents Selana Lee Lucas, Monica Ray Lucas and Eleezia Nicholl Lucas-Mata.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG and KISTLER, Judges.


KISTLER, J.

Mother appeals from a judgment terminating her parental rights to her three children pursuant to ORS 419B.500 et seq. and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians cross-appeals, raising issues that parallel those mother raises on appeal. On de novo review, we affirm on the appeal and on the cross-appeal.

Mother is...

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