Advocacy Projects

The Child Advocacy Project provides research assistance and consultation to attorneys in cases where they represent the interests of children. Permission to reprint these documents is granted, so long as no fee is charged and the source is acknowledged. Attorneys who would like to propose projects should contact the director.

Reasonable Efforts to Reunify in Dependency Cases (2009)

Guardians ad Litem for Parents in Dependency and TPR Cases (2008)

Termination of Parental Rights in Extreme Conduct Cases (2008)

Decision Making Authority for Dependent Children Who are Not in the Custody of DHS (2008)

Authority of Oregon Juvenile Courts to Review DHS Actions in Child Dependency Cases (updated 2008)

Amicus Curiae Brief -- Children's Interests are Best Served by Prompt Resolution of TPR Cases on the Merits (2007)

Challenges to Paternity Orders in Oregon -- Standing and Grounds (2006)
(Note: This memo does not reflect changes enacted by the legislature in 2007. Articles about those changes are posted here.)

Additional Research Projects