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

The majority concludes that the trial court committed plain error by failing to give mother the notice required by ORS 419B.820 when it scheduled the termination trial in this case, and the majority exercises its discretion to correct the error by reversing the judgments that terminated mother’s parental relationship with her two children. I agree that the trial court committed plain error by failing to comply with ORS 419B.820. However, I believe that the majority’s decision to correct the error is fundamentally flawed because it fails to consider the import of mother’s motion under ORS…