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IN RE: M. M. (2019)

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

IN RE: M. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: J. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: M. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: K. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: J. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: M. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: J. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: M. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: K. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

IN RE: J. M., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. M. and A. M., Appellants.

A169525 (Control)

Decided: July 17, 2019

Before Hadlock, Presiding Judge, and DeHoog, Judge, and Aoyagi, Judge.

Holly Telerant, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant A. M. Also on the briefs was Shannon Storey, Chief Defender, Juvenile Appellate Section, Office of Public Defense Services. Inge D. Wells, Assistant Attorney General, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. Also on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General. Kenneth A. Kreuscher filed the brief for appellant T. M.

In this consolidated juvenile dependency case involving five siblings, both parents appeal permanency judgments that reflect a change of the children’s permanency plans from reunification to adoption. In their multiple assignments of error, parents raise essentially two arguments. First, parents point to the significant delay between the end of the permanency hearing and the date on which the juvenile court entered the permanency judgments at issue. That delay exceeded the 20-day limit set out in ORS 419B.476(5). Although parents are correct that the delay violated the statutory timeline, parents have not established any prejudice from that delay and, accordingly, the delay does not present a basis for reversal. See Dept. of Human Services v. W. H. F., 254 Or App 298, 305, 295 P.3d 78 (2012), rev den, 353 Or. 428, 299 P.3d 889 (2013) (declining to reverse based on the juvenile court’s violation of the 20-day timeline because that error was harmless). Second, parents contend that the juvenile court erred in determining that the Department of Human Services made reasonable efforts at reunification. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the trial court did not err. A discussion of the lengthy case history and the factual circumstances involved would not benefit the parties, the bench, or the bar. Accordingly, we affirm without further discussion.

Affirmed.

PER CURIAM

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IN RE: M. M. (2019)

Docket No: A169525 (Control)

Decided: July 17, 2019

Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon.

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