Dep't of Human Servs. v. M. S. N. (In re E. N. B.)

Full title: In the Matter of E. N. B., a Child. v. M. S. N., aka M. S. N.-S.…

Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon

Date published: Jun 23, 2022

320 Or. App. 478 (Or. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

A177469

06-23-2022

In the Matter of E. N. B., a Child. v. M. S. N., aka M. S. N.-S., Appellant. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Respondent,

Shannon Storey, Chief Defender, Juvenile Appellate Section, and Holly Telerant, Deputy Public Defender, Offce of Public Defense Services, fled the brief for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Patricia G. Rincon, Assistant Attorney General, fled the brief for respondent.

SHORR, P. J.

This is a nonprecedential memorandum opinion pursuant to ORAP 10.30 and may not be cited except as provided in ORAP 10.30(1).

Submitted May 20, 2022

Jackson County Circuit Court 21JU01529; Timothy C. Gerking, Judge.

Shannon Storey, Chief Defender, Juvenile Appellate Section, and Holly Telerant, Deputy Public Defender, Offce of Public Defense Services, fled the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Patricia G. Rincon, Assistant Attorney General, fled the brief for respondent.

Before Shorr, Presiding Judge, and Mooney, Judge, and Pagán, Judge.

SHORR, P. J.

Mother appeals from a judgment terminating her parental rights to her son, E. As relevant here, termination of parental rights is appropriate if the court finds that the parent is "unfit by reason of conduct or condition seriously detrimental to the child or ward and integration of the child or ward into the home of the parent *** is improbable within a reasonable time due to conduct or conditions not likely to change," ORS 419B.504, and "if the court finds [that termination] is in the best interests of the ward," ORS 419B.500(1).¹ Mother raises six assignments of error to the trial court's rulings that led to the termination of her parental rights. Having reviewed the record de novo, we reject each assignment of error and conclude that the trial court did not err in terminating mother's parental rights.

1 Recent changes to ORS 419B.500(1), see Or Laws 2021, ch 398, § 62, do not affect the appropriate standard in this case. We cite to the current version.

Affirmed.