Adams v. Oregon State Children's Services Division

Petitioners seek review of a Clackamas County Circuit Court judgment dismissing their petition for judicial review, which challenged Children’s Services Division’s (CSD) denial of their request to adopt a child. They also appeal from a Lane County Juvenile Court order that summarily dismissed a petition in which they alleged that CSD had mistreated the child. The two cases were consolidated for appeal.1 We reverse.

Petitioners, a wife and husband who live in Clackamas County, sought to adopt a six-year-old child who had been placed in their care by CSD.2 After the child had lived with…