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

(CC 9511834861; CA A136927; SC S055840).

193 P.3d 20 (2008)

345 Or. 292

In the Matter of J.W., aka J.M., a Minor Child. STATE ex rel. JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent on Review, v. J.W., Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided September 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Spring, Juvenile Rights Project, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner on review.

Jamie K. Contreras, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.


WALTERS, J.

In this case we consider the appealability of a decision of a juvenile court referee in a juvenile dependency proceeding.

This proceeding began when the Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a petition alleging that a child was within the jurisdiction of the Multnomah County Juvenile Court. As amended, the petition included allegations that child's mother had emotional problems that negatively had affected child, that mother had failed to provide...

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