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STATE EX REL JUV. DEPT. v. D.J.

2004812661, 2004812662, 2004812663, 102485M; A134837.

168 P.3d 798 (2007)

215 Or. App. 146

In the Matter of A.D.J., aka A.D.H.; S.N.J., aka S.N.H.; and D.C.J., aka D.C.H., Minor Children. STATE EX REL JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent, v. D.J., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Judy C. Lucas, Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Robin L. Wolfe and Bertoni & Todd, Portland, filed the brief for minor children.

Laura B. Rufolo and Johnson Renshaw & Lechman-Su, Portland, filed the brief amicus curiae for Professor Leslie Harris and The Child Advocacy Project.

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

LANDAU, P.J.

In this termination of parental rights case, father did not appear in response to a petition to terminate his rights, and the trial court entered a default judgment terminating them. Nearly a year later, father filed a motion to set aside the judgment. The trial court denied the motion to set aside on the ground that it had not been filed within a reasonable time. Father now appeals, arguing that the one-year delay was reasonable under the circumstances...

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