Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 419A > General Provisions

• Adjudicated youth: means a person who has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS § 419C. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• CASA Volunteer Program: means a program that is approved or sanctioned by a juvenile court, has received accreditation from the National CASA Association and has entered into a contract with the statewide coordinating entity contracted with by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS § 184. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Counselor: means a juvenile department counselor or a county juvenile probation officer. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Court: means the juvenile court. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Court appointed special advocate: means a person in a CASA Volunteer Program who is appointed by the court to act as a court appointed special advocate pursuant to ORS § 419B. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Department: means the Department of Human Services. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• detention facility: means a facility established under ORS § 419A. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Director: means the director of a juvenile department established under ORS § 419A. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: means guardian of the person and not guardian of the estate. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Indian child: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 419B. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Juvenile court: means the court having jurisdiction of juvenile matters in the several counties of this state. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Local citizen review board: means the board specified by ORS § 419A. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Parent: means the biological or adoptive mother and the legal parent of the child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• sexual offense: has the meaning given the term 'sex crime' in ORS § 163A. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Sibling: means one of two or more children or wards related:

  (a) By blood or adoption through a common legal parent; or

  (b) Through the marriage of the children's or wards' legal or biological parents. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004

• Substitute care: means an out-of-home placement directly supervised by the department or other agency, including placement in a foster family home, group home, child-caring agency as defined in ORS § 418. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• victim: includes the legal guardian of the minor. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Ward: means a person within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS § 419B. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
• Youth: means a person under 18 years of age who is alleged to have committed an act that is a violation, or, if done by an adult would constitute a violation, of a law or ordinance of the United States or a state, county or city. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004