STATE EX REL. JUVENILE DEPT., CLATSOP CTY v. Martin

This is a proceeding to terminate parental rights. Defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals from an order terminating his parental rights in his two children, aged three and seven. The Court of Appeals af*605firmed that order. 19 Or App 28, 526 P2d 647 (1974). We granted defendant’s petition for review because of our concern over the proper disposition of two questions: (1) Whether the psychiatrist-patient privilege may be asserted by defendant in proceedings to terminate parental rights; and (2) Whether the trial court could take judicial notice of the petitioner’s prior commitments to the…