Title 11, Domestic Relations

A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter. [2015 c.298 §32]

(1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child. (2) An affidavit, a document su…

A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail or other means to obtain information concerning the laws of that tribunal, the legal effect of a judgment, decree or order of that tribunal and the status of a…

A tribunal of this state may: (1) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state. [2015 c.298 §35]

(1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified s…

(1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (b) The support…

A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter. [2015 c.298 §38] ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPO…

An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under the income withholding law of this state without first filing a petition or comparable plead…

(1) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (2) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tr…

If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish …

An employer that complies with an income withholding order issued in another state in accordance with ORS 110.594 to 110.602 is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income. [2015 c.…

An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state. [2015 c.298 §43]

(1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in ORS 110.605 to 1…

(1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state, or a foreign support order, may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state. (2) …

A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement. [2015 c.298 §46]

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 110.655, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state: (a) A letter of transmittal to the …

(1) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state, or a foreign support order, is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. (2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the …

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (a) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (b) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual…

(1) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents …

(1) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this state shall request a hearing within the time required by ORS 110.614. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegat…

(1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (b) The order w…

Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration. [2015 c.298 §53] (Registration and Modification of Chi…

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in ORS 110.605 to 110.623 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modi…

A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of ORS 110…

(1) If ORS 110.636 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of this state may modify a child support order issued in another state that is registered in this state if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that: (a) The following requirements are met: (A) Neither the child…

If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state: (1) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and int…

(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order. (2) A tribunal…

Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party kno…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 110.667, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subj…

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under ORS 110.605 to 110.623 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be fi…

As used in ORS 110.645 to 110.669: (1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (2) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the …

ORS 110.645 to 110.669 apply only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of ORS 110.645 to 110.669 is inconsistent with ORS 110.500 to 110.641, ORS 110.645 to 110.669 control. [2015 c.298 §63]

The Department of Justice is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention. [2015 c.298 §64]

(1) In a support proceeding under ORS 110.645 to 110.669, the Department of Justice shall: (a) Transmit and receive applications; and (b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. (2) The following support proceed…

(1) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. (2) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a supp…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 110.645 to 110.669, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in ORS 110.605 to 110.641. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 110.572…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 110.645 to 110.669, ORS 110.614 to 110.623 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (2) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registratio…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (2) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement …

If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, the tribunal shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order. [2015 c.…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. (2) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreem…

(1) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (a) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defendi…

Personal information gathered or transmitted under ORS 110.645 to 110.669 may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted. [2015 c.298 §73]

A record filed with a tribunal of this state under ORS 110.645 to 110.669 must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation. [2015 c.298 §74] INTERSTATE RENDITION

(1) For purposes of this section and ORS 110.673, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. (2) The Governor of this state may: (a) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an i…

(1) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least 60 da…

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. [2015 c.298 §77; 2017 c.17 §4]

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions…