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IN RE: A. O., a Child. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. R. O. and K. O., Appellants.
Mother and father appeal from a review judgment under ORS 419B.449. They assign error to the juvenile court's determination in that judgment that the Department of Human Services (DHS) has made reasonable efforts to reunify the family. But, under the circumstances present here, the review judgment is not appealable. See Dept. of Human Services v. A. B. B., 285 Or. App. 409, 413, 396 P.3d 306 (2017), rev. dismissed, 362 Or. 508, 424 P.3d 721 (2018) (citing Dept. of Human Services v. A. D. D. B., 278 Or. App. 503, 509, 511, 375 P.3d 575, rev. den., 360 Or. 237, 381 P.3d 833 (2016), and adhering to previous understanding of the appealability of judgments iterated in State ex rel. Juv. Dept. v. Vockrodt, 147 Or. App. 4, 8, 934 P.2d 620 (1997)). Contrary to mother's argument, Dept. of Human Services v. J. R. D., 312 Or. App. 510, 493 P.3d 567 (2021), did not overrule or abrogate our prior cases; J. R. D. involved a permanency judgment under ORS 419B.476, not a review judgment. We reject the contention that A. B. B. and our prior decisions were plainly wrong and decline to overrule them.
Appeal dismissed.
PER CURIAM
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Docket No: A175604
Decided: October 27, 2021
Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon.
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