State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. B. H.

The state and the child appeal from the juvenile court’s dismissal of the state’s petition under ORS 419.523(2) to terminate father’s and mother’s parental rights. The court continued in effect its earlier order maintaining the child in the custody of Children’s Services Division (CSD) and requiring that the parents get counseling before he is returned to them. On de novo review, we reverse and remand.

In May, 1978, when the child was six years old, he was removed from his parents’ home and placed in CSD’s temporary custody because of a beating inflicted by his father that left his right leg…