State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Rankin

The issue in this case is whether ORS 419.513 1 authorizes a juvenile court to require the parents of a mentally defective child in the custody of Children’s Services Division (CSD), and by that agency placed in a state-licensed and -supported foster home, to contribute to the child’s support. We hold the juvenile court is so authorized.

The child in question was made a ward of the juvenile court in October of 1962 — less than two months after he was bom — and committed to the Fairview Hospital and Training Center where he lived until August 10,1976. On that date he was transferred by the…