ORS 125.035 Reports to Legislative Assembly regarding protective proceedings

As used in this section:

“Case subtype” means guardianship, conservatorship or guardianship and conservatorship.

“Case type” means adult protective proceeding or minor protective proceeding.

No later than September 15 of each year, the Judicial Department shall submit, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary, a report on county-level data concerning protective proceedings in Multnomah, Lane and Columbia Counties during the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the report, including:

The number of protective proceedings initiated, broken out by case type and case subtype;

The number of protective proceedings where the respondent was 65 years of age or older at the time the petition was filed;

The number of protective proceedings granted, broken out by case type and case subtype; and

The number of respondents or protected persons for whom the court appointed counsel under ORS 125.080, broken out by case subtype.

The department, in consultation with the Oregon Public Defense Commission, shall also include in the report described in subsection

of this section, to the extent the data is available:

The number of cases with court-appointed counsel where payment for court-appointed counsel was from the assets of the respondent or protected person, broken out by case subtype; and

The aggregate number of hours court-appointed counsel spent representing respondents or protected persons and the average number of hours court-appointed counsel spent per case. [2021 c.400 §2; 2023 c.281 §23]

provides:

Sec. 3. The Judicial Department shall submit the first report required under section 2 of this 2021 Act [125.035] no later than September 15, 2024, and annually thereafter.

Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 125 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.