Case Name: In the Matter of Farrell, Sonya and Jennifer, Minor Children. STATE ex rel JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent on Review, v. FARRELL, Petitioner on Review
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1982-04-06
Citations: 292 Or. 822
Docket Number: CA 19784, SC 28483
Parties: In the Matter of Farrell, Sonya and Jennifer, Minor Children. STATE ex rel JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent on Review, v. FARRELL, Petitioner on Review.
Judges: MEMORANDUM OPINION.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 292
Pages: 822–824

Head Matter:
Submitted on petition for review March 11,
reversed and remanded April 6, 1982
In the Matter of Farrell, Sonya and Jennifer, Minor Children. STATE ex rel JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent on Review, v. FARRELL, Petitioner on Review.
(CA 19784, SC 28483)
642 P2d 1167
James F. O’Rourke, Jr., Portland, for the petition. With him on the petition was John S. Marandas, Portland.
MEMORANDUM OPINION.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OPINION.
Petitioner seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming an order terminating her parental rights to her two daughters. The trial court found the requisite facts by a preponderance of the evidence as specified in ORS 419.525(2). Petitioner contends that the statutory standard is inadequate to meet the requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Since the Court of Appeals decision, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Santosky v. Kramer, 455 US 745, 102 S Ct 1388, 71 L Ed 2d 599 (1982), in which it held that the preponderance standard is inadequate and the "clear and convincing evidence" standard of proof is adequate to satisfy due process requirements for parental termination cases. We therefore allow review and, upon review, summarily reverse and remand to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of Santosky v. Kramer, supra.
Reversed and remanded.