In re the Marriage of Hanson-Parmer

Wife appeals a dissolution judgment, assigning error to the trial court’s determination that husband is the psychological parent of her youngest son, D, and is entitled to visitation with him pursuant to ORS 109.119(3)(a). On appeal, the dispositive legal issue is whether husband had a “child-parent relationship,” ORS 109.119(10)(a), with D that is a necessary statutory prerequisite to husband’s right to visitation in this case. Because we conclude that husband failed to establish that he had a child-parent relationship with D, we reverse, in part.

We review de novo. ORS 19.415(3) (2007);1…