State Ex Rel. Juvenile Dept. v. Jordan

Three of appellants’ children were found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419.476(l)(c) 1 and were placed in the custody of the Children’s Services Division for placement outside the home for long term foster care. Appellants argue that the jurisdictional findings were based on incompetent evidence 2 and that the properly admitted evidence does not support the findings of jurisdiction.

It is unnecessary to consider appellant’s evidentiary arguments. To simplify matters, we can simply ignore the evidence to which appellants properly objected. 3 The remaining…