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

This termination proceeding was consolidated for trial with a petition for adoption in which the maternal grandmother and step-grandfather sought to adopt the child. Their petition was denied by the trial court and their appeal has been dismissed. The only case before this court is the termination proceeding.

After a hearing, the trial court terminated the parental rights of the mother to her two-year-old child. The mother appeals contending (1) that the statute setting forth the standard of proof in termination proceedings, ORS 419.525(2), deprives her of due process of law and (2) that the…