Department of Human Services v. S. A.

In this dependency case, the juvenile court adopted a permanency plan for father’s child, C, that referred C for guardianship under ORS 419B.476.1 Sometime later, father sought to change the permanency plan to provide for the return of C to him. At the same time, the Department of Human Services (DHS) moved to establish a particular guardian for C under ORS 419B.366. After a hearing, the juvenile court entered an order establishing the guardianship. Father appeals from that order and raises eight assignments of error. We write to address his first and fourth assignments of error and reject…