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Bill would make DHS an automatic party in certain juvenile dependency cases; committee asks for follow-up details
Summary
Senate Bill 815 would change statutory party status rules so the Oregon Department of Human Services is a named party in juvenile dependency cases when it files a petition or otherwise holds custody, to enable the agency to litigate petitions without depending on another party to request custody.
Senate Bill 815 would modify when the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) is a party to juvenile dependency proceedings. Under the bill summary read to the committee, DHS would be a party when the department is the petitioner, has taken a child into protective custody, has been granted temporary custody, a child has been committed to the legal…
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