State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. G. P.

The majority holds that the trial court erred in concluding that child was within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. I disagree with the majority’s application of our standard of review and its reading of the evidence. Accordingly, I dissent.

As the majority notes, we review juvenile matters, as we do suits in equity, de novo. ORS 419A.200(5); ORS 19.125(3). After stating that standard, however, the majority describes our review as follows:

“We give deference to the trial court’s credibility findings. State ex rel Juv. Dept. v. Greenwood, 107 Or App 678, 680-81, 813 P2d 58 (1991). The…