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STATE EX REL. JUV. DEPT. v. SMITH

8808-823128, 0504-90583; A128612.

133 P.3d 924 (2006)

205 Or. App. 152

In the Matter of Tranequa Smith, a Minor Child. STATE ex rel JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent, v. Conchita SMITH, Appellant. In the Matter of Tranequa Smith, a Minor in Need of a Guardian. Conchita Smith, Appellant, v. State Of Oregon (DHS), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maryhelen Sherrett, Portland, filed the brief for appellant.

Michael C. Livingston, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Karen S. Torry, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for Minor Child.

Before SCHUMAN, Presiding Judge, and LANDAU and ORTEGA, Judges.

SCHUMAN, P.J.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) petitioned the Multnomah County Circuit Court to appoint a guardian for T, a severely disabled three-and-a-half-year-old ward of the court in the custody of DHS. In particular, DHS sought a guardian to act as T's health care representative with authority to decide whether to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures, even over the objection of T's mother. The court granted DHS's petition, and mother appeals...

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