State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. M. T.

In this juvenile delinquency case, we are asked to determine whether a specific “order,” entered by a Multnomah County Juvenile Court referee and granting child a “conditional postponement” of his delinquency hearing, is subject to appeal. The Court of Appeals held that the order had “all the earmarks of a [final] dispositional order pursuant to former ORS 419.507”1 and was, therefore, appealable. State ex rel Juv. Dept. v. M. T., 128 Or App 25, 31, 874 P2d 836 (1994). The Court of Appeals then reversed the referee’s order granting the “conditional postponement” and remanded the matter to the…