Department of Human Services v. J. A. M.

Father appeals a judgment terminating his parental rights to his daughter, H, who was five years old at the time of trial. The juvenile court determined that father was unfit under ORS 419B.504 because, among other reasons, father’s drug abuse and addiction and his drug-seeking behavior were seriously detrimental to H and that, because his conduct and conditions were not likely to change, integration into his home was improbable within a reasonable time. Father challenges the juvenile court’s findings that (1) he was unfit at the time of trial, (2) H could not safely be returned to his care…