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Section 419B.005 - Definitions. - (1)(a) "Abuse" means: (A) Any assault, as defined in ORS...
Section 419B.010 - Duty of officials to report child abuse; exceptions; penalty. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a report need...
Section 419B.015 - Report form and content; notice. - (b)(A) When a report of alleged child abuse is received...
Section 419B.016 - Offense of false report of child abuse. - (a) Makes a false report of child abuse to the...
Section 419B.017 - Time limits for notification between law enforcement agencies and Department of Human Services; rules. - (a) The time within which the notification required by ORS...
Section 419B.019 - Investigation of report involving school; notification; rules. - (a) "Agent" means a person who: (A) Acts as an...
Section 419B.020 - Duty of department or law enforcement agency receiving report; investigation; notice; physical examination; child’s consent; notice at conclusion of investigation. - (a) Cause an investigation to be made to determine the...
Section 419B.021 - Degree requirements for persons conducting investigation or making determination regarding child. - (a) At least a bachelor’s degree in: (A) Human services...
Section 419B.023 - Duties of person conducting investigation under ORS 419B.020. - (a) "Designated medical professional" means the person described in ORS...
Section 419B.026 - Required findings for investigation conducted under ORS 419B.020. - (a) That the report of child abuse is founded; (b)...
Section 419B.028 - Photographing child during investigation; photographs as records. - (2) When a child is photographed pursuant to ORS 419B.023,...
Section 419B.030 - Central registry of reports. - (2) When the department provides specific case information from the...
Section 419B.035 - Confidentiality of records; when available to others; rules. - (a) Any law enforcement agency or a child abuse registry...
Section 419B.040 - Certain privileges not grounds for excluding evidence in court proceedings on child abuse. - (2) In any judicial proceedings resulting from a report made...
Section 419B.045 - Investigation conducted on school premises; notification; role of school personnel. - (2) When an investigation of a report of child abuse...
Section 419B.050 - Authority of health care provider to disclose information; immunity from liability. - (2) As used in this section, "health care provider" has...
Section 419B.055 - Action by Attorney General for protective order on behalf of department employee; written request; eligible employees. - (a) Has been approved in writing by the Director of...
Section 419B.090 - Juvenile court; jurisdiction; policy. - (2)(a) It is the policy of the State of Oregon...
Section 419B.100 - Jurisdiction; bases; Indian children. - (a) Who is beyond the control of the person’s parents,...
Section 419B.112 - Court appointed special advocate; duties; immunity; access to information; funding; rules. - (2) Subject to the direction of the court, the duties...
Section 419B.116 - Intervention; caregiver relationship; rights of limited participation. - (A) That has existed: (i) For the 12 months immediately...
Section 419B.117 - Notice to parents or guardian of child; when given; contents. - (a) The obligation of the parents or guardian to pay...
Section 419B.118 - Venue. - (2) If the proceeding is based on allegations of jurisdiction...
Section 419B.121 - Return of runaway children to another state. - (2) Notwithstanding any provisions in ORS chapter 419A, 419B or...
Section 419B.127 - Transfer to court of county of child or ward’s residence. - (2) A court, on its own motion or on the...
Section 419B.130 - Delegation of jurisdiction by county of residence. - (1) The court may hear, determine and dispose of the...
Section 419B.132 - Delegation of jurisdiction among county juvenile courts. - (1) The court may: (a) Conduct a hearing into the...
Section 419B.150 - When protective custody authorized; protective custody order. - (a) "Abuse" has the meaning given that term in ORS...
Section 419B.152 - Protective custody of runaway child. - (2) When a child is taken into protective custody as...
Section 419B.155 - Protective custody not arrest. - (2) A peace officer taking a child into protective custody...
Section 419B.160 - Prohibition on detention; exceptions; place of holding; record; parental notice required. - (b) Except as provided in ORS 419C.130, a child or...
Section 419B.165 - Release of child taken into custody; rules. - (a) Where the court has issued an order directing that...
Section 419B.168 - Procedure when child is not released. - (a) Take the child before the court or a person...
Section 419B.171 - Report required when child is taken into protective custody. - (a) The child’s name, age and address. (b) The name...
Section 419B.175 - Initial disposition of child taken into protective custody. - (a) Release the child to the custody of a parent,...
Section 419B.185 - Evidentiary hearing. - (2) When the court conducts a hearing described in subsection...
Section 419B.192 - Placement of child or ward; preference given to relatives and caregivers; written findings of court required. - (2) If a child or ward in need of placement...
Section 419B.194 - Participation in extracurricular activities; reasonable and prudent parent standard; fees; rules. - (a) "Extracurricular activities" means age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate activities as...
Section 419B.195 - Appointment of counsel for child or ward; access of appointed counsel to records of child or ward. - (2) Upon presentation of the order of appointment under this...
Section 419B.198 - Responsibility for payment of costs related to provision of appointed counsel for child or ward. - (2) The test of the parent’s or estate’s ability to...
Section 419B.205 - Appointment of counsel for parent or legal guardian. - (a) The duration and degree of invasiveness of the interference...
Section 419B.211 - Motion to withdraw as counsel. - (2) The attorney shall explain to the court the basis...
Section 419B.220 - Appointment of surrogate. - (a) The court finds that the child may be eligible...
Section 419B.223 - Duties and tenure of surrogate. - (1) The ward is 21 years of age; (2) The...
Section 419B.231 - Appointment; hearing; findings. - (2) The court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether...
Section 419B.234 - Qualifications; duties; privilege. - (a) Must be a licensed mental health professional or attorney;...
Section 419B.237 - Duration of appointment; compensation. - (a) The court terminates the appointment; (b) The juvenile court...
Section 419B.305 - When hearing must be held; continuation; priority. - (2) At the commencement of the hearing, unless the court...
Section 419B.310 - Conduct of hearings. - (2) Stenographic notes or other report of the hearings shall...
Section 419B.325 - Disposition required; evidence. - (2) For the purpose of determining proper disposition of the...
Section 419B.328 - Ward of the court; duration of wardship. - (2) The court’s wardship continues, and the ward is subject...
Section 419B.335 - Department of Human Services reports regarding out-of-state placements. - (1) The name of each out-of-state facility in which children...
Section 419B.337 - Commitment to custody of Department of Human Services. - (a) Removal of the ward from the ward’s home or...
Section 419B.340 - Reasonable or active efforts determination. - (2) In support of its determination whether reasonable or active...
Section 419B.343 - Recommendations of committing court; case planning; plan contents. - (a) For the reunification of the family bears a rational...
Section 419B.349 - Court authority to review placement or proposed placement. - (2) The court may not exercise its discretion to direct...
Section 419B.351 - Court approval of placement in qualified residential treatment program. - (2)(a) The motion for approval of the placement must include,...
Section 419B.365 - Permanent guardianship; petition; when filed; procedure. - (2) The grounds for granting a permanent guardianship are the...
Section 419B.366 - Guardianship; motion; procedure. - (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this...
Section 419B.367 - Letters of guardianship; reports by guardian; review of reports; legal status and liability of guardian. - ______________________________________________________________________________ State of Oregon, ) ) LETTERS OF County of...
Section 419B.368 - Review, modification or vacation of guardianship order. - (2) The court may modify a guardianship order if the...
Section 419B.369 - Guardianship study; rules. - (2) When a ward is not in the legal custody...
Section 419B.371 - Community guardianship. - (a) "Community guardian" means a child-caring agency licensed, certified or...
Section 419B.372 - Guardianship as incident of custody. - (2) When the court grants legal custody to a private...
Section 419B.373 - Duties and authority of legal custodian. - (1) To have physical custody and control of the ward....
Section 419B.376 - Duties and authority of guardian. - (1) To authorize surgery for the ward, but this authority...
Section 419B.395 - Judgment of parentage or nonparentage. - (2) Before entering a judgment under subsection (1) of this...
Section 419B.400 - Authority to order support; collection. - (2) At least 21 days before the hearing, the court...
Section 419B.408 - Enforcement of support order. - (2) No property of the child or ward’s parents, or...
Section 419B.440 - Circumstances requiring reports; exceptions. - (a) When the child or ward has been placed with...
Section 419B.443 - Time and content of reports. - (a) A description of the problems or offenses that necessitated...
Section 419B.446 - Filing report. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, all reports made...
Section 419B.449 - Review hearing by court; findings. - (a) In all cases under ORS 419B.440 (1)(b)(B) when the...
Section 419B.470 - Permanency hearing; schedule. - (2) In all other cases when a child or ward...
Section 419B.473 - Notice; appearance. - (2) The court shall notify the parties listed in ORS...
Section 419B.476 - Conduct of hearing; court determinations; orders. - (2) At a permanency hearing the court shall: (a) If...
Section 419B.498 - Termination of parental rights; petition by Department of Human Services; when required. - (a) The child or ward has been in substitute care...
Section 419B.500 - Termination of parental rights generally. - (2) Upon the filing of a petition to terminate parental...
Section 419B.502 - Termination upon finding of extreme conduct. - (1) Rape, sodomy or sex abuse of any child by...
Section 419B.504 - Termination upon finding of unfitness. - (1) The court shall consider but is not limited to...
Section 419B.506 - Termination upon finding of neglect. - (1) Failure to provide care or pay a reasonable portion...
Section 419B.510 - Termination upon finding child conceived as result of rape. - (2) Termination of parental rights under subsection (1) of this...
Section 419B.517 - Mediation to be encouraged. - (a) A parent or guardian in a juvenile dependency proceeding...
Section 419B.518 - Appointment of counsel for parents. - (2) The court may not substitute one appointed counsel for...
Section 419B.521 - Conduct of termination hearing. - (2) Not earlier than provided in subsection (1) of this...
Section 419B.524 - Effect of termination order. - (2) A parent who is the subject of an order...
Section 419B.527 - Disposition of ward after termination. - (a) Place the ward in the legal custody and guardianship...
Section 419B.529 - Adoption after permanent commitment or surrender; procedure; certain fees prohibited. - (a) One of the following has occurred: (A) A juvenile...
Section 419B.530 - Representation by Attorney General. - (2) Whenever an action to terminate parental rights is before...
Section 419B.532 - Reinstatement of parental rights; rules. - (2)(a) In a proceeding under ORS 419B.500, the Department of...
Section 419B.550 - Definitions for ORS 419B.550 to 419B.558. - (1) "Domicile" of a minor means the legal residence or...
Section 419B.552 - Application for emancipation judgment; effect of judgment. - (a) Recognize the minor as an adult for the purposes...
Section 419B.555 - Hearing; notice to parent; duty to advise minor of liabilities of emancipated person; filing fee. - (2) The final hearing shall be held no later than...
Section 419B.558 - Entry of judgment of emancipation. - (a) Whether the parent of the minor consents to the...
Section 419B.600 - Policy on Indian child welfare. - Note: 419B.600 to 419B.665 were enacted into law by the...
Section 419B.603 - Definitions. - (1)(a) "Child custody proceeding" means a matter arising under ORS...
Section 419B.606 - Custody; presumption of continued custody. - (2) An Indian child’s parent has continued custody of the...
Section 419B.609 - Acknowledgment or establishment of parentage. - (a) Established under ORS 109.065; (b) Established under tribal law;...
Section 419B.612 - Best interests of Indian child. - (1) The protection of the safety, well-being, development and stability...
Section 419B.615 - Assistance enrolling child in tribe; notice to parents. - (2) In any child custody proceeding under ORS chapter 419B,...
Section 419B.618 - Determination of Indian child’s tribe. - (a) If the Indian child is a member of or...
Section 419B.621 - Judicial determination of Indian child’s residence, domicile and status as ward. - Note: See note under 419B.600.
Section 419B.622 - Domicile. - (1) A person’s domicile is the place the person regards...
Section 419B.624 - Tribal-state agreements. - (b) The department may also enter into a tribal-state agreement...
Section 419B.627 - Jurisdiction; limitations; tribal court assumption of jurisdiction. - (2) If a tribe is not subject to Public Law...
Section 419B.630 - Motion to transfer to tribal court; objection; good cause to deny transfer. - (2) Upon receipt of a transfer motion, the court shall...
Section 419B.633 - Transfer to tribal court. - (1) Notify the tribal court of the pending dismissal of...
Section 419B.636 - Inquiry to determine whether child is Indian child; when there is reason to know child is Indian child; notice. - (a) Determine whether the person has reason to know that...
Section 419B.639 - Notice to tribe in emergency proceeding; notice in other proceedings; form and timing of notice; exception. - (b) Notification under this subsection must include the basis for...
Section 419B.642 - Qualified expert witness. - (2) At a hearing under ORS 109.326, 109.330, 419B.340, 419B.365,...
Section 419B.645 - Active efforts. - (2) If there is reason to know that a child...
Section 419B.646 - Right to appear; withdrawal by party. - (2) An attorney who is not barred from practicing law...
Section 419B.647 - Right to counsel. - (a) The court shall appoint counsel to represent the Indian...
Section 419B.648 - Right to examine reports or documents. - (2) The preservation of confidentiality under this section does not...
Section 419B.651 - Vacating order or judgment regarding jurisdiction, placement, guardianship or termination of parental rights; effect of vacated order or judgment. - (a) The Indian child who was alleged to be within...
Section 419B.652 - Determination regarding improper removal or retainment; effect of determination; exception. - (2) If the court finds that the Indian child has...
Section 419B.654 - Placement preferences; motion for placement contrary to preferences for good cause. - (a) Most closely approximates a family, taking into consideration sibling...
Section 419B.656 - Tribal customary adoption; rules; forms. - (2) If the juvenile court determines that tribal customary adoption...
Section 419B.657 - Reports to Legislative Assembly. - (1) The number of Indian children involved in dependency proceedings...
Section 419B.660 - Conflict of laws. - (a) The higher standard of protection in the Indian Child...
Section 419B.663 - Full faith and credit. - Note: See note under 419B.600.
Section 419B.665 - Rules. - Note: See note under 419B.600.
Section 419B.800 - Applicability of ORS 419B.800 to 419B.929. - (2) ORS 419B.800 to 419B.929 apply to all proceedings under...
Section 419B.803 - Jurisdiction. - (a) A party, who has been served in the matter...
Section 419B.806 - Consolidation; when required; procedures. - (2) In any action filed in the juvenile court in...
Section 419B.809 - Petition; contents; form; dismissal. - (2) The petition and all subsequent court documents in the...
Section 419B.812 - Issuance of summons; time for hearing on petition. - (2) A summons under ORS 419B.815 or 419B.819 must be...
Section 419B.815 - Summons for proceeding to establish jurisdiction under ORS 419B.100; contents; failure to appear. - (2) A summons under this section must require one of...
Section 419B.816 - Notice to person contesting petition to establish jurisdiction. - (1) Inform the person of the time, place and purpose...
Section 419B.818 - Form of summons under ORS 419B.815. - ______________________________________________________________________________ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON...
Section 419B.819 - Summons for proceeding to establish permanent guardianship or terminate parental rights; contents; failure to appear. - (2) A summons under this section must require one of...
Section 419B.820 - Notice to parent contesting petition to establish permanent guardianship or terminate parental rights. - (1) Inform the parent of the time, place and purpose...
Section 419B.822 - Form of summons under ORS 419B.819. - ______________________________________________________________________________ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON...
Section 419B.823 - Service of summons generally. - (1) Personal service of the summons and petition upon the...
Section 419B.824 - Methods of serving summons. - (2) Substituted service may be made by delivering a true...
Section 419B.833 - Proof of service of summons or mailing. - (a) The certificate of the server if the summons is...
Section 419B.839 - Required and discretionary summons. - (a) The parents of the child without regard to who...
Section 419B.842 - When arrest warrant authorized. - (2) If the summons cannot be served, if the person...
Section 419B.845 - Restraining order when child abuse alleged. - (A) There is probable cause to believe the abuse occurred...
Section 419B.846 - Service of restraining order. - (2) A sheriff may serve and enter into the Law...
Section 419B.848 - Process generally. - (2) A civil process may be served or executed on...
Section 419B.851 - Service of process; filing; proof of service. - (2)(a) Whenever under ORS 419B.800 to 419B.929 service is required...
Section 419B.854 - Computing statutory time periods. - (2) Except for service of summons, whenever a party has...
Section 419B.857 - Pleadings; construction. - (2) In every stage of an action, the court shall...
Section 419B.860 - Motions. - (2) ORS 419B.863 and 419B.866 and any local rules of...
Section 419B.863 - Pleadings; captions. - (2) When a party does not know the name of...
Section 419B.866 - Signing pleadings required; effect of signing or not signing. - (2) If a petition, answer, motion or other paper is...
Section 419B.869 - Responding to pleadings; time limit. - (2) Allegations in a petition that are not admitted or...
Section 419B.872 - Amendment of pleadings. - (2) The court, on motion of an interested party or...
Section 419B.875 - Parties to proceedings; rights of limited participation; status of grandparents; interpreters. - (A) The child or ward; (B) The parents or guardian...
Section 419B.876 - Visitation or other contact between grandparent and ward; findings; order; appeal. - (2) If the notice required under subsection (1) of this...
Section 419B.878 - Judicial inquiry and finding regarding whether child is Indian child. - (2) If the court enters an order described in ORS...
Section 419B.881 - Disclosure; scope; when required; exceptions; breach of duty to disclose. - (a) The names and addresses of all persons the party...
Section 419B.884 - Depositions; procedure. - (a) Outside the jurisdiction of, or otherwise not subject to...
Section 419B.887 - Objections at depositions; effect of failure to make timely objection; errors and irregularities in transcript preparation. - (2) Objections to the competency of a witness or to...
Section 419B.890 - Dismissal of petition at end of petitioner’s case; settlement conference. - (2) Unless the court in its judgment of dismissal otherwise...
Section 419B.893 - Subpoenas generally. - (2) Any party may have compulsory attendance of witnesses or...
Section 419B.896 - Subpoena for production of books, papers, documents and other tangible things. - (1) Quash or modify the subpoena if it is unreasonable...
Section 419B.899 - Issuance of subpoena. - (a) To require attendance before a court, at the trial...
Section 419B.902 - Service of subpoena. - (2)(a) A law enforcement agency shall designate an individual upon...
Section 419B.905 - Subpoena of incarcerated witness. - (1) Temporary removal and production of the witness for the...
Section 419B.914 - Proceeding when person entitled to service is not summoned and is not before court. - (1) No order entered pursuant to ORS 419B.500, 419B.502, 419B.504,...
Section 419B.918 - Manner of appearance. - (2) If a person who is summoned or ordered to...
Section 419B.923 - Modifying or setting aside order or judgment. - (a) Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders or other parts of...
Section 419B.926 - Stay of order or judgment pending appeal. - (2) This section does not limit the right of a...
Section 419B.950 - Educational program regarding federal and state adoption and child welfare laws; establishment; purpose. - (1) Establish a program administering continuing legal education for judges...
Section 419B.953 - Training and continuing education for caseworkers. - (2) The curriculum shall include instruction and materials presented by...