DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. W.S.C.

09J5718; Petition Number 04J5718; A147854 (Control); 09J5719; Petition Number 04J5719; A147855; 09J5720; Petition Number 04J5720; A147856; 09J5721; Petition Number 04J5721; A147857; 09J5722; Petition Number 02J5722; A147858.

273 P.3d 322 (2012)

248 Or. App. 352

In the Matter of C.M.M., a Child. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Respondent, and C.M.M., Respondent, v. T.M.M., Appellant. In the Matter of G.J.R.M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, and G.J.R.M., Respondent, v. T.M.M., Appellant. In the Matter of L.R.M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, and L.R.M., Respondent, v. T.M.M., Appellant. In the Matter of W.H.C., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, and W.H.C., Respondent, v. T.M.M., Appellant. In the Matter of N.A.M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T.M.M., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon L. Flowers , 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.

Laura S. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Department of Human Services. With her on the brief were John R. Kroger , Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams , Solicitor General.

Megan L. Jacquot filed the brief for respondent children, C.M.M., G.J.R.M., L.R.M. and W.H.C.

Before SCHUMAN, Presiding Judge, and WOLLHEIM, Judge, and NAKAMOTO, Judge.


WOLLHEIM, J.

Mother appeals judgments terminating her parental rights with respect to five of her children: N, C, G, L, and W. She argues that, whatever her history of opiate dependence and resulting neglect, she was not unfit to parent as of the time of the termination hearing. She further argues that the Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to present child-specific evidence that N, C, G, L, and W, whose ages at the time of the termination hearing ranged from...

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