MATTER OF J. M.-S.

A181083.

540 P.3d 1142 (2023)

329 Or. App. 270

In the MATTER OF J. M.-S., aka J. G., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. L. T. G., aka L. G., aka L. T. G., aka L. T. S., aka L. S.-G., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

November 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Storey , Chief Defender, Juvenile Appellate Section, and Holly Telerant , Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General, and Erin K. Galli , Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Ortega, Presiding Judge, and Powers, Judge, and Hellman, Judge.


Mother appeals from a judgment terminating her parental rights in her absence. She contends that her counsel was inadequate for failing to move for a continuance based on mother's absence and for failing to argue that the court should not proceed in mother's absence and that counsel's failures denied her a fair trial. Because the record...

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