# State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Pfaff

> Court of Appeals of Oregon · December 22, 1999 · 164 Or. App. 470

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9586195

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Christopher Pfaff, a Minor Child. STATE Ex Rel JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Respondent, v. Christopher PFAFF, Appellant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Oregon
- **Decided:** December 22, 1999
- **Citations:** 164 Or. App. 470; 994 P.2d 147; 1999 Ore. App. LEXIS 2128
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Armstrong
- **Judges:** Deits, Edmonds, De Muniz, Landau, Haselton, Armstrong, Linder, Wollheim, Brewer
- **Cited by:** 27 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9586195

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that, regarding OEC 803(4), “the declarant’s motivation *** is the touchstone of reliability”

## Opinion text

ARMSTRONG, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons stated in Judge Wollheim’s dissent and in parts III and IV of Judge Edmonds’ dissent.

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