Title 2, Procedure in Civil Proceedings

Unless displaced by particular provisions of ORS 24.260 to 24.335, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other v…

ORS 24.260 to 24.335 shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of ORS 24.260 to 24.335 among states enacting it. [1991 c.202 §15]

If any provision of ORS 24.260 to 24.335 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of ORS 24.260 to 24.335 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this e…

ORS 24.260 to 24.335 may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act. [1991 c.202 §16] UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT

As used in ORS 24.350 to 24.400: (1) “Foreign country” means a government other than: (a) The United States; (b) A state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession of the United States; or (c) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as t…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, ORS 24.350 to 24.400 apply to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment: (a) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and (b) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive a…

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which ORS 24.350 to 24.400 apply. (2) A court of this state may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if: (a) The judgment was rendered under …

(1) A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (a) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country; (b) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding other than for the purpose of protecting prope…

(1) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. (2) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the …

If the court in a proceeding under ORS 24.370 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under ORS 24.350 to 24.400, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is: (1) Con…

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or that an appeal will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires or the appellant has had suf…

An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country. [2…

In applying and construing ORS 24.350 to 24.400, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. [2009 c.48 §9]

ORS 24.350 to 24.400 do not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of ORS 24.350 to 24.400. [2009 c.48 §10]

ORS 24.350 to 24.400 may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. [2009 c.48 §11] GENDER-AFFIRMING TREATMENT AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Gender-affirming treatment” means a procedure, service, drug, device or product that a physical or behavioral health care provider prescribes to treat an individual for incongruence between the individual’s gender identity and the individual’s se…

As used in ORS chapters 25, 107 and 109 and any other statutes providing for support payments or child support procedures, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Administrator” means either the Administrator of the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice or a …

As used in ORS chapters 25, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 110, when a person is required to provide an address, “address” means a residence, mailing or contact address in the same state as the person’s home. [1993 c.448 §1; 1995 c.608 §25; 2019 c.13 §6; 2025 c.99 §52] Note: 25.011 was e…

(1) The Department of Justice shall notify the parties to a support order that payment is to commence on the first due date following the date of the notice when: (a) The department receives a copy of a support order of a court that requires payments to be made through the depart…

(1) Support payments for or on behalf of any person that are ordered, registered or filed under this chapter or ORS chapter 107, 108, 109, 110, 419B or 419C, unless otherwise authorized by ORS 25.030, shall be made to the Department of Justice as the state disbursement unit: (a) …

Once each year, the Department of Justice shall notify the parties in child support cases receiving services under ORS 25.020 of all the following: (1) When physical custody of a child changes from the obligee to the obligor, the obligation to pay child support for the child is n…

(1) Support orders in respect of obligees not subject to ORS 25.020 may provide for payment under the order to a checking or savings account or by electronic transfer to an account maintained by an escrow agent, licensed under ORS 696.511, for distribution to the obligee, if the …

Any judgment or order entered in a proceeding for the enforcement of any delinquent support obligation, including an order entered under ORS 25.378, shall include, on the motion of the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice or the district attorney, if either has …

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 25.080, the Department of Justice may enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes or tribal organizations within the borders of this state, if the Indian tribe or tribal organization demonstrates that the tribe or organization ha…

(1) The following entity is primarily responsible for providing the child support services described in subsection (4) of this section when an application as described in ORS 25.084 is made, or when an assignment of support rights is made to the state: (a) The Division of Child S…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity providing child support services under ORS 25.080 shall have access, using a Social Security number as an identifier, to any record required by law to contain the Social Security number of an individual. (2) To the maximum…

(1) When services are being provided under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the child support program of this or any other state may subpoena financial records and other information needed to establish parentage or to establish, modify or enforce a support order. The subpoe…

(1) As necessary to meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(14), the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice, when requested by another state, shall provide high-volume automated administrative enforcement services. In providing services to another state under th…

(1) The administrator may provide child support services as described in ORS 25.080 only if support rights have been assigned to the state or if a person has provided a written application to the administrator that: (a) Is signed by the person; and (b) Indicates that the person i…

(1)(a) In any proceeding under ORS 25.080, legal documents may be served upon an obligee by regular first class mail to the address at which the obligee receives public assistance or an address provided by the obligee or, if authorized by the obligee, by electronic mail or other …

Unless otherwise provided, a general judgment of dismissal of a judicial proceeding under ORS chapter 107, 108 or 109 for want of prosecution under ORCP 54 B(3) does not dismiss an administrative support order that was entered under ORS 25.501 to 25.556 before the date of the dis…

(1) As used in this section, “child support judgment” means the terms of a judgment or order of a court, or an order that has been filed under ORS 25.529, that provide for past or current child support, including medical support as defined in ORS 25.321. “Child support judgment” …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Child support judgment” has the meaning given that term in ORS 25.089. (b) “Governing child support judgment” means a child support judgment issued in this state that addresses child support, including medical support as defined in ORS 25.321, an…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Administrator” has the meaning given that term in ORS 25.010. (b) “Child support judgment” has the meaning given that term in ORS 25.089. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 25.089, 25.091 and 25.531 to the contrary, the terms of a child su…

(1) With respect to any order or judgment entered pursuant to ORS 25.501 to 25.556, 107.095, 107.105, 108.120, 109.155 or 419B.400 or ORS chapter 110, if a party seeking modification or enforcement of an order or judgment for the payment of money files a certificate to the effect…

(1) Upon entry of an order designating an additional court under ORS 25.100, the additional court has jurisdiction to compel compliance with an order or judgment for payment of support the same as if it were the court that made and entered the original order or judgment. (2) The …

(1) The Department of Justice may return moneys to an obligor when the department determines that the obligor has paid more moneys than are due under a support obligation. However, when the obligor has an ongoing support obligation, the department may give the obligor credit for …

(1) The parties may elect to make support payments as provided in ORS 25.030 unless the provisions of ORS 25.020 (1) apply. The election terminates when the provisions of ORS 25.020 (1) apply subsequent to the election. (2) The election must be in writing and filed with the court…

Counties that have heretofore transferred the collection, accounting and disbursement responsibilities to the Department of Justice, or that have elected not to maintain support collections, accounting and disbursement services, and clerks of courts not maintaining support collec…

The Department of Justice shall assess and collect any fees for establishment, enforcement, collection, accounting and disbursement services required by state law or administrative rule or by federal law or regulation, including the annual fee required under Title IV-D of the Soc…

(1) For the purposes of ORS 25.020, 25.030, 25.070, 25.080, 25.085 and 25.130 to 25.160, a child support case shall be referred to the Department of Justice for provision of collection, accounting and disbursement services if an application as described in ORS 25.084 is made to t…

(1) If the payment method for support payments set forth in the support judgment does not require that payments be made through the Department of Justice, an application may be made to the department to enroll in child support services under this chapter and under federal laws an…

The Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice shall adopt rules that: (1) Require distribution of payments to child, medical or spousal support obligations and arrears in any sequence that is consistent with federal law; (2) Permit the division to develop criteria fo…

(1) Any court order or administrative order issued or modified in a proceeding under ORS 25.501 to 25.556 or ORS chapter 107, 108, 109, 110, 419B or 419C that contains an order for the payment of child support or spousal support must specify an initial due date and year for the p…

This section establishes procedures for determining the amount of arrearage and for making a record of arrearage of support payments. All of the following apply to this section: (1) A record of support payment arrearage may be established by: (a) Court order; (b) A governing chil…

When a support obligation is more than one month in arrears, the Attorney General or a district attorney may upon motion obtain an order requiring the obligor to appear for the purpose of examination regarding the obligor’s financial circumstances. The court shall require the obl…

(1) The examination shall be conducted under oath by an employee of the Department of Justice or district attorney. The employee shall inform the obligor that the obligor’s answers may be used in subsequent enforcement and possible criminal proceedings, and that the obligor has a…

(1) The examination may be continued for further review of the obligor’s financial circumstances and employment, or the matter may be certified to the court for a contempt hearing on the issue of failure to pay support as ordered. If the examination is to be continued for further…

(1) If the obligor fails to appear for examination or further examination, the Attorney General or a district attorney may apply to the court which issued the order to appear for an order directing the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the obligor. The motion shall be accom…

If by examination of the obligor it appears that the obligor has any property liable to execution, the court, upon motion of the Attorney General or a district attorney, shall order that the obligor apply the same in satisfaction of the arrears or that the property be levied on b…