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(a) Abandonment, including desertion or willful forsaking of a child or young adult, or the withdrawal or neglect of duties and obligations owed a child or young adult by a resource parent or respite provider certified by Child Welfare, a caregiver, or other person.

At the termination hearing, CPS must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the parents are unfit and that it is in the child's best interest that they never regain custody. The court then decides whether one or both of the parents' custodial rights should be terminated.

Under Oregon law, unless the parents agree otherwise in the custody and parenting time judgment, a custodial parent is usually permitted to relocate no more than 60 miles further distant from the other parent without notifying them or obtaining permission before the move.

In order for the court to consider this situation abandonment or desertion, it must continue for an extended period of time. The absence must also be permanent and without the consent of the other spouse. A number of elements must play into the situation to constitute abandonment.

In Oregon, a parent with sole legal custody typically has the authority to make all major decisions on behalf of the children, but the noncustodial parent still has the right to notifications of major decisions or developments in the lives of their children.

At the termination hearing, CPS must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the parents are unfit and that it is in the child's best interest that they never regain custody. The court then decides whether one or both of the parents' custodial rights should be terminated.