Department of Human Services v. B. J. J.

Father appeals judgments terminating his parental rights with respect to his three sons, EM, EJ, and X. The trial court ruled that father’s rights should be terminated on the basis of unfitness, particularly because of father’s personality disorder, anger management problems, housing instability, and failure to make a lasting adjustment to those conditions and circumstances. On de novo review, ORS 19.415(3)(a), we find that the Department of Human Services (DHS) has failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that father’s conduct or conditions are seriously detrimental to his children;…