Case Name: STATE ex rel ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION, Appellant, v. KEUSINK, Respondent, STANLEY, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1984-07-25
Citations: 69 Or. App. 324
Docket Number: 1122-F-1; CA A26534
Parties: STATE ex rel ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION, Appellant, v. KEUSINK, Respondent, STANLEY, Respondent.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 69
Pages: 324–326

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted December 8, 1983,
reversed and remanded with instructions July 25,
reconsideration denied September 28, petition for review denied November 27, 1984 (298 Or 238)
STATE ex rel ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION, Appellant, v. KEUSINK, Respondent, STANLEY, Respondent.
(1122-F-1; CA A26534)
684 P2d 1239
Jan Peter Londahl, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and William F. Gary, Solicitor General, Salem.
William A. Mansfield, Medford, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent Keusink.
No appearance for respondent Terry Stanley.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether respondent Keusink, the putative father, was denied his right to justice without delay under Article I, section 10, of the Oregon Constitution, because the state failed to file a paternity suit against him until seven and one-half years after the birth of the child which is alleged to be his. In the light of the Supreme Court's holding in State ex rel Adult & Fam. Ser. v. Bradley, 295 Or 216, 666 P2d 249 (1983), it is clear that there can be no constitutional or statutory time bar to a filiation proceeding.
Reversed and remanded to the trial court for proceedings on the merits of the paternity claim.
The only apparent exceptions concern the declaration of heirship, which must be commenced within ten years of a father's death, ORS 111.095(2), 28.040,12.140, and the establishment of paternity for purposes of intestate succession, which must be done during the lifetime of the child. ORS 112.105. See State ex rel Adult & Fam. Ser. v. Bradley, supra, 295 Or at 222 n 11.