DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. M.Q.

J051155; Petition No. 091511QUI1; A151092.

292 P.3d 616 (2012)

253 Or. App. 776

In the Matter of G.Q., a Child. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Respondent, v. M.Q., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie Colas , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan , Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services.

Shannon T. Reel , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General.

Before ORTEGA, Presiding Judge, and SERCOMBE, Judge, and HADLOCK, Judge.


HADLOCK, J.

Father appeals a juvenile court judgment in which the court took jurisdiction over his child. The court did not assert jurisdiction as to father on the basis of any of the allegations as pleaded in the operative jurisdictional petition. Instead, the court determined that jurisdiction was warranted because the child's welfare was endangered "by reason of the following facts":

"the child was previously a ward of the court, and the child's father...

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