State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Proctor

Appellant, the State of Oregon, through SOSCF, seeks reconsideration of our decision in this case. Specifically, the state asks that we reconsider our holding that father’s parental rights should be terminated. We allow the petition and, on reconsideration, adhere to our original opinion.

In our original opinion in this case, State ex rel Juv. Dept. v. Proctor, 167 Or App 18, 2 P3d 405 (2000), we recognized that it was the state’s position that, if mother’s parental rights were not terminated, father’s rights also should not be terminated. Although we held that mother’s parental rights should…