Department of Human Services v. P. A.

In this appeal of a permanency judgment involving a three-year-old child, K, the Department of Human Services (DHS) asserts that the juvenile court erred when it ordered the department in a permanency judgment to reverse a “founded disposition” for child abuse and reinstate the certification of K’s former foster parents. We agree with DHS that both of those department actions are subject to challenge under Oregon’s Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and that the court erred by sua sponte ordering DHS to undo those administrative actions in a permanency judgment. Accordingly, we reverse the…