State ex rel. State Office for Services to Children & Families v. Morgan

The State Office for Services to Children and Families (SCF) appeals from a juvenile court order requiring it to supply the attorney for child and also the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) with copies of adoption home studies of two families. We review for an abuse of discretion, State ex rel SOSCF v. Williams, 168 Or App 538, 540, 7 P3d 655 (2000), rev dismissed 333 Or 596 (2002), and reverse.

The material facts are not disputed. Child’s mother is deceased, and his father is incarcerated. In November 2000, a permanency hearing was held in which the juvenile court reviewed SCF’s plan…