Right to counsel
A non-consenting parent in an adoption proceeding has a right to a court appointed attorney if indigent. Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 109.330(4); see also Or. Rev. Stat Ann. § 109.326 (husband who is not father of child at issue in adoption proceeding has a right to appointed counsel if indigent). see also Or. Rev. Stat Ann. § 109.326 (husband who is not father of child at issue in adoption proceeding has a right to appointed counsel if indigent). In order to consent to an adoption, a parent must have been “given an explanation by an attorney who represents the person and who does not also represent the adoptive family, by the department or by an Oregon licensed adoption agency of the consequences of signing the certificate.” Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 109.321(2)(F).
