STATE EX REL. SOSCF v. STILLMAN

(CC 96-276J; 96-275J; CA A107034; SC S47733)

36 P.3d 490 (2001)

333 Or. 135

In the Matter of Jacara Murelle Ahlgren-Stillman, a Minor Child. STATE ex rel. STATE OFFICE for SERVICES to CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Petitioner on Review, and Laura Ahlgren, Respondent, v. Donald E. STILLMAN, aka Donnie Stillman, Respondent on Review. In the Matter of Keith Alexander Stillman, a Minor Child. State ex rel. State Office for Services to Children and Families, Petitioner on Review, and Laura Ahlgren, Respondent, v. Donald E. Stillman, aka Donnie Stillman, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided December 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise G. Fjordbeck, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

James A. Palmer, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Lynn M. Travis and Mary Kane, of the Juvenile Rights Project, Inc., Portland, filed a response for minor children.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, LEESON, RIGGS, and De MUNIZ, Justices.


GILLETTE, J.

In this termination of parental rights case, the trial court terminated father's parental rights in his two minor children, because of his incarceration and drug-related activities. See ORS 419B.504 (1997) (providing for termination of parental rights if court finds, inter alia, parent unfit by reason of conduct or condition seriously detrimental to child). The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the evidence did not demonstrate that...

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