STATE EX REL. JUV. DEPT. v. WOODRUFF

8610-81564 B, C & D; CA A66344.

816 P.2d 623 (1991)

108 Or.App. 352

IN THE MATTER OF LOREN WOODRUFF, Edith Woodruff and Abraham Woodruff, Children. STATE ex rel. Juvenile Department of Multnomah County, Loren Woodruff, Edith Woodruff and Abraham Woodruff, Respondents, v. Loren WOODRUFF, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Manning, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

John Reuling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent Juvenile Dept. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

No appearance for respondents Loren Woodruff, Edith Woodruff and Abraham Woodruff.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and JOSEPH, C.J., and DEITS, J.


DEITS, Judge.

Father appeals an order terminating his parental rights to his three children, who are members of the Chickasaw Indian Nation. He argues that the termination order is invalid because of the state's failure to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). We affirm.

The children, a girl, 9, and two boys, 11 and 2 1/2, were made wards of the court in November, 1987. Both parents have a long history of addictive use of alcohol and controlled...

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