IN RE K.L.D.

0500664, 0500665, 0500666; Petition Numbers 07JU380TPR, A139884.

207 P.3d 423 (2009)

228 Or. App. 70

In the Matter of K.L.D., K.I.D., and T.D.D., Minor Children. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent, v. K.C.J., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly Telerant, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Appellate Division, Office of Public Defense Services.

Leigh A. Salmon, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were John Kroger, Attorney General, and Rolf C. Moan, Acting Solicitor General.

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


LANDAU, P.J.

This is a termination of parental rights case governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The trial court terminated father's parental rights after finding that he suffers from significant cognitive defects that are not likely to change and that he had severely and chronically neglected the children.1 On appeal, father contends that the court erred for three reasons: (1) the Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to...

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