State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Evjen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the opportunity to be heard does not “translate into an absolute right to be physically present,” but does mean that the parent must be allowed to participate “in some form” (emphasis in original)
• “[W]hen a parent is absent from a termination hearing only because of a physical condition that has temporarily delayed the ability to travel, we have held that a court should grant a motion for a continuance.” (Citing State ex rel Juv. Dept. v. Jones, 40 Or App 401, 595 P2d 508 (1979))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).