DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. S. J. M.

A161859.

388 P.3d 417 (2017)

283 Or. App. 367

In the Matter of A. J.-L. B., a Child. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Respondent, v. S. J. M. and A. J. B., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

January 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Storey , Chief Defender, Juvenile Appellate Section, and Valerie Colas , Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant S. J. M.

G. Aron Perez-Selsky filed the brief for appellant A. J. B.

Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General, and Karla H. Ferrall , Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Sercombe, Presiding Judge, and Flynn, Judge, and DeHoog, Judge.


This case requires us to consider whether, before changing a child's permanency plan from reunification with parent to adoption under ORS 419B.476, a juvenile court must first determine, under ORS 419B.498(2)(b), that there are no compelling reasons to forgo a change. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the court must first...

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