STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV. v. M.B.

060532J, 060533J, 060532JA, 060533JA, A139288 (Control), 060534J, 060534JA, A139289.

203 P.3d 258 (2009)

226 Or. App. 215

In the Matter of L.J.B. and D.E.M.B., Minor Children. STATE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent, v. M.B., Appellant. In the Matter of M.R.B., a Minor Child. State ex rel. Department of Human Services, Respondent, v. M.B., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Lechman-Su argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Johnson & Lechman-Su, PC.

Katherine H. Waldo, 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.

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


ORTEGA, J.

Mother appeals after the juvenile court established a guardianship under ORS 419B.366 for her three youngest children. Father did not contest the guardianship. On de novo review, ORS 419A.200(6)(b), we conclude that unresolved problems with domestic violence prevent the safe return of the children to mother within a reasonable time and that guardianship is in the children's best interests. Accordingly, we affirm.

The juvenile court took judicial...

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