Case Name: Peter M. STROTHER and Eileen Strother, Guardian ad Litem for Peter M. Strother, Respondents, v. Kenneth P. STROTHER, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2001-10-31
Citations: 177 Or. App. 709
Docket Number: 994443; A107896
Parties: Peter M. STROTHER and Eileen Strother, Guardian ad Litem for Peter M. Strother, Respondents, v. Kenneth P. STROTHER, Appellant.
Judges: Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong and Kistler, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 177
Pages: 709–710

Head Matter:
Submitted on record and brief September 1, 2000,
reversed October 31, 2001
Peter M. STROTHER and Eileen Strother, Guardian ad Litem for Peter M. Strother, Respondents, v. Kenneth P. STROTHER, Appellant.
994443; A107896
34 P3d 736
Kenneth P. Strother submitted the brief pro se.
No appearance for respondents.
Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong and Kistler, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Father appeals from an order issued under the Family Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) that prohibited him from contacting his 12-year-old child. He contends that the court erred in entering the order because his child is not someone who could petition for FAPA relief. We reverse.
Child, through his mother as guardian ad litem, filed a FAPA petition under ORS 107.710, alleging that father had subjected him to physical abuse. Because child is under 18 years of age, ORS 107.726 applied to his petition. It provides that a
"person who is under 18 years of age may petition the circuit court for relief under ORS 107.710 if:
"(1) The person is:
"(a) The spouse of the respondent;
"(b) The former spouse of the respondent; or
"(c) A person who has been in a sexually intimate relationship with the respondent; and
"(2) The respondent is 18 years of age or older."
Child does not meet the criteria specified in ORS 107.726 for a person his age to file a FAPA petition, so he is not someone who could petition for and obtain FAPA relief.
Reversed.