STATE EX REL. JUV. DEPT. OF MULTNOMAH v. Wade

After a hearing held in accordance with ORS 419.-525, the circuit court determined that Ralph and Claudia Wade were “unfit by reason of conditions which are and which will continue to be seriously detrimental * * *” to their children, Ezra and Hadassah, and terminated their parental rights. The court based this action on its finding that although the Wades were well-meaning and had maintained contact with the children throughout almost four years of foster care, the “unfortunate condition of mental illness of the mother and mental deficiency of the father” made them “physically, mentally,…