State Ex Rel. Children's Services Division v. Rollins

The Children’s Services Division (CSD) petitions for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals that reversed a trial court judgment terminating parental rights. State ex rel CSD v. Rollins, 136 Or App 7, 900 P2d 1072 (1995). For the reasons that follow, we allow the petition, vacate the decision of the Court of Appeals, and remand the case to that court for further consideration.

Mother, who is now in her early thirties, has been more or less continuously involved in illegal use of controlled substances since she was a teenager. This case involves a mother’s parental rights in a child bom…