State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Kuhn

Parents appeal two dispositional orders relating to placement of their child in substitute care. The state concedes that the trial court’s dispositional order fails to comply with the provisions of ORS 419B.476(4) requiring that the court enter written findings specifying why neither placement with parents nor adoption is appropriate, and specifying a projected timetable for return home. Accordingly, we remand for the court to enter an order that complies with ORS 419B.476(4).

Parents also contend that the court erred in failing to enter its orders within 20 days of the hearings as required by…