Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 418.275 (2026)

Child-caring agency as guardian of child; power of agency

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      418.275 Child-caring agency as guardian of child; power of agency. (1) A child-caring agency shall be the guardian of each child released or surrendered to the agency under the conditions provided in ORS 418.270 and of each child committed to the agency by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

      (2) The child-caring agency may retain a child released, surrendered or committed to the agency in institutional care, or may place the child in proctor foster homes temporarily or as a member of a family. An agency maintains custody, control and guardianship of, and responsibility for, a child placed with a proctor foster home by the agency. If the agency deems the action proper and desirable, the agency may consent in loco parentis to the legal adoption of the child, subject to the conditions provided in ORS 418.270. [Formerly 419.130; 1967 c.375 §1; 1973 c.823 §134; 1983 c.510 §11; 2016 c.106 §15]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1969–2008 · leading case: J. B. D. v. Plan Loving Adoptions Now, Inc., 178 P.3d 266 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
J. B. D. v. Plan Loving Adoptions Now, Inc., 178 P.3d 266 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “270 and ORS 418.275. Those statutes authorize and govern so-called “agency adoptions,” that is, adoptions in which the birth parents relinquish to a licensed agency their parental rights regarding a child and authorize the agency to place the child in an adoptive home.”
Strobel v. Garrison, 459 P.2d 1001 (Or. 1969). · cites it 2× “That chapter is an amendment to ORS 418.275, which had provided that a child-caring agency shall be the guardian of persons of all dependent and delinquent children committed to it by a permanent order of an appropriate court.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 418.275(2) — 1 case
J. B. D. v. Plan Loving Adoptions Now, Inc., 178 P.3d 266 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “270 and ORS 418.275. Those statutes authorize and govern so-called “agency adoptions,” that is, adoptions in which the birth parents relinquish to a licensed agency their parental rights regarding a child and authorize the agency to place the child in an adoptive home.”
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