ORS Chapter 109 — Parent and Child Rights and

ORS 109.425. Definitions for ORS 109.425 to 109.507. As used in ORS 109.425 to 109.507: (1) Adoptee means a person who has been adopted in the State of Oregon. (2) Adoption means the judicial act of creating the relationship of parent and child where it did not exist previously. (3) Adoptive parent means an adult who has become a parent of a child through adoption. (4) Adult means a person 18 years of age or older. (5) Agency means any public or private organization licensed or authorized under the laws of this state to place children for adoption. (6) Birth parent means: (a) The man or woman who is legally presumed under the laws of this state to be the father or mother of genetic origin of a child; and (b) A putative father of the child if the birth mother alleges he is the father and the putative father, by written affidavit or surrender and release executed within three years of the relinquishment of the child by the birth mother or the termination of parental rights of the birth mother, acknowledges being the childs biological father. (7) Department means the Department of Human Services. (8)(a) Genetic and social history means a comprehensive report, when obtainable, of the health status and medical history of the birth parents and other persons related to the child. (b) The genetic and social history may contain as much of the following as is available: (A) Medical history; (B) Health status; (C) Cause of and age at death; (D) Height, weight, eye and hair color; (E) Ethnic origins; and (F) Religion, if any. (c) The genetic and social history may include the health status and medical history of: (A) The birth parents; (B) A putative father, if any; (C) Siblings to the birth parents, if any; (D) Siblings to a putative father, if any; (E) Other children of either birth parent, if any; (F) Other children of a putative father, if any; (G) Parents of the birth parents; and (H) Parents of a putative father, if any. (9) Guardian means a person appointed by a court as guardian of a minor under ORS chapter 125 or the laws of any other state. (10) Health history means a comprehensive report, when obtainable, of the childs health status and medical history at the time of placement for adoption, including neonatal, psychological, physiological and medical care history. (11) Minor means a person under 18 years of age. (12) Progeny means the children or descendants of a person and the persons descendants in successive generations. (13) Putative father means a man who, under the laws of this state, is not legally presumed to be the father of genetic origin of a child, but who claims or is alleged to be the father of genetic origin of the child. (14) Registry means a voluntary adoption registry established under ORS 109.450. (15) Successor agency means an agency which has the adoption records of another agency because of the merger of the agency and the successor agency or because a former agency has ceased doing business and has given its adoption records to the successor agency as provided in ORS 109.435 (2). [1983 c.672 2; 1989 c.372 1; 1993 c.410 1; 1995 c.79 39; 1995 c.730 7; 1997 c.130 3; 1997 c.442 1; 2001 c.900 14; 2015 c.200 1] Note: