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Section 109.001 - Breast-feeding in public place. - Note: 109.001 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 109.012 - Liability of parents for expenses and education of children. - (b) This subsection applies to a person who is asserted...
Section 109.035 - Security required before foreign travel with child. - (a) "Custody order" includes any order or judgment establishing or...
Section 109.041 - Relationship between adopted child and natural and adoptive parents. - (a) The adoptive parents of the adopted person, their descendants...
Section 109.056 - Delegation of certain powers by parent or guardian; delegation during period of military service. - (2) A parent or guardian of a minor child may...
Section 109.065 - Establishing parentage. - (a) The person having given birth to the child; (b)...
Section 109.070 - Presumption of parentage; establishing paternity by voluntary acknowledgment. - (a) The person is married to the birth mother at...
Section 109.072 - Petition to vacate or set aside parentage determination. - (a) "Blood tests" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 109.073 - Social Security number of parent in paternity order. - Note: 109.073 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 109.090 - Interpretation of ORS 109.060 to 109.090. - (2) ORS 109.060 to 109.090 shall be liberally construed, with...
Section 109.092 - Obligation to recognize responsibility for conception; mother surrendering child for adoption. - (2)(a) During the months of pregnancy, the man may join...
Section 109.096 - Notice to putative father when parentage not established. - (a) That the child resided with the putative father at...
Section 109.098 - Objection of putative father in proceeding referred to in ORS 109.096; effect of failure to appear and object. - (a)(A) May stay the adoption or other court proceeding to...
Section 109.100 - Petition for support; effect of judgment; parties. - (2) The petitioner shall state in the petition, to the...
Section 109.103 - Proceeding to determine custody or support of child. - (2) A parent may initiate the proceeding by filing with...
Section 109.119 - Rights of person who establishes emotional ties creating child-parent relationship or ongoing personal relationship; presumption regarding legal parent; motion for intervention. - (2)(a) In any proceeding under this section, there is a...
Section 109.124 - Definitions for ORS 109.124 to 109.230. - (1) "Child attending school" has the meaning given that term...
Section 109.125 - Who may initiate proceedings; petition; parties. - (a) A mother of a child born out of wedlock...
Section 109.135 - Circuit court jurisdiction; equity action; place of commencement. - (2) All filiation proceedings shall be commenced and tried in...
Section 109.155 - Hearing; order for payment for support of child and other costs; policy regarding settlement; enforcement of settlement terms; remedies. - (2) If the court finds, from a preponderance of the...
Section 109.165 - Vacation or modification of judgment; policy regarding settlement; enforcement of settlement terms; remedies. - (2) The moving party shall state in the motion, to...
Section 109.175 - Determination of legal custody after parentage established. - (2) In any proceeding under this section, the court may...
Section 109.225 - Notice to Center for Health Statistics after petition filed; filing notice. - (2) The Center for Health Statistics shall file immediately the...
Section 109.231 - Records open to public. - Note: 109.231 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 109.237 - Attorney fees. - Note: 109.237 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 109.239 - Rights and obligations of children resulting from assisted reproduction; rights and obligations of donor of semen. - (a) Artificial insemination as defined in ORS 677.355; (b) Donation...
Section 109.243 - Relationship of child resulting from assisted reproduction to mother’s spouse. - Note: See note under 109.239.
Section 109.247 - Application of law to children resulting from assisted reproduction. - Note: See note under 109.239.
Section 109.252 - Authority for blood test; effect of refusal to submit to test; payment for test. - (2) When child support enforcement services are being provided under...
Section 109.254 - Selection of experts to make tests; admissible evidence. - (2) The blood test results and the conclusions and explanations...
Section 109.256 - Compensation of experts. - (2) The fee of an expert witness called by a...
Section 109.259 - Temporary child support pending determination of parentage. - Note: 109.259 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 109.260 - Applicability to criminal actions for nonsupport. - (1) An order for the tests shall be made only...
Section 109.266 - Definitions for ORS 109.266 to 109.410. - (1) "Continued custody" of an Indian child has the meaning...
Section 109.268 - Interpretation of adoption laws; agreement for continuing contact. - (2) An adoptive parent and a birth parent may enter...
Section 109.270 - Rules regarding home studies and placement reports. - (a) Consider each prospective adoptive parent on the basis of...
Section 109.272 - Court required to act within six months of filing of petition for adoption; duty of clerk. - (a) Enter a judgment under ORS 109.350; (b) Continue the...
Section 109.274 - Confidentiality of petitioners. - (2) The preservation of confidentiality under this section does not...
Section 109.276 - Petition for adoption; residency and jurisdictional requirements; venue; home study; placement report; fee; rules; filing requirements for entry of judgment. - (2) One petitioner, the child, one parent or the person,...
Section 109.278 - ICWA compliance report; court findings regarding inquiry, notice and placement preferences; documentation of compliance; training; forms; rules. - (2)(a) Upon receiving an ICWA compliance report, the court shall...
Section 109.281 - Financial disclosure statement to be filed with petition; placement report required; exception; prohibited fees; advertising. - (2) A court may not grant a judgment for an...
Section 109.283 - Application for home study by Oregon resident. - (a) The department; (b) A public child welfare agency in...
Section 109.285 - Petition for adoption; required contents, requests and exhibits in adoption petitions; confidentiality. - (a) The full name of the petitioner; (b) The state...
Section 109.287 - Adoption Summary and Segregated Information Statement; exhibits; confidentiality. - (a) The full name, permanent address and telephone number of...
Section 109.289 - Separate record of the case; sealing of adoption records; inspection, copying and disclosure; fees. - (2) The clerk, court administrator and any other person having...
Section 109.301 - Consent to adoption in general. - (a) The parents of the child, or the survivor of...
Section 109.302 - Consent to adoption of Indian child; withdrawal of consent. - (2)(a) If a petition filed under ORS 109.276 is for...
Section 109.322 - Consent of parent with mental illness or intellectual disability; consent of imprisoned parent. - (2) In the case of a parent adjudged to be...
Section 109.323 - Consent when custody of child has been awarded in divorce proceedings. - (2) This section does not apply when consent is given...
Section 109.324 - Consent when parent has deserted or neglected child. - (2) Upon hearing or when the parent has failed to...
Section 109.325 - Consent by Department of Human Services or approved child-caring agency of this state. - (a) Surrendered to it for the purpose of adoption under...
Section 109.326 - Consent when spouse not parent. - (2)(a) If parentage of the child has not been determined,...
Section 109.327 - Consent by organization located outside Oregon. - (2) When consent is given under this section, there shall...
Section 109.329 - Adoption of person 18 years of age or older or legally married. - (2) In addition to the written consents required under subsection...
Section 109.330 - Notice when parent does not consent; notice when child has no living parent and no guardian or next of kin qualified to appear. - (A) Conduct the inquiry described in ORS 419B.636 (2) to...
Section 109.331 - Consenting agency disclosure of county and case number of adoption proceeding. - (1) An adult adoptee; (2) A birth parent who has...
Section 109.332 - Grandparent visitation in stepparent adoption. - (2) The court shall award a grandparent visitation rights only...
Section 109.342 - Medical history of child and biological parents required; content; form. - (2) When possible, the medical history shall include, but need...
Section 109.346 - Adoption-related counseling for birth parent. - (2) Notice of the right to adoption-related counseling shall be...
Section 109.347 - Civil action for failure to pay for counseling; attorney fees. - Note: See note under 109.346.
Section 109.350 - Judgment of adoption or readoption. - (2)(a) A judgment entered under this section must include: (A)...
Section 109.353 - Notice of voluntary adoption registry required before judgment entered; waiver. - Note: 109.353 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 109.381 - Effect of judgment of adoption. - (2) Except for such right of appeal as may be...
Section 109.382 - Vacating adoption of Indian child when parental consent to adoption obtained by fraud or duress. - (2) Upon the filing of a petition under this section,...
Section 109.383 - Notice of vacated judgment of adoption of Indian child or termination of adoptive parent’s parental rights to Indian child; waiver of notice; motion to return custody and for restoration of parental rights. - (a) "Former parent" means a person who was previously the...
Section 109.385 - Readoption proceeding; prima facie evidence; petition; required contents; service; exhibits; finding regarding inaccurate birthdate; fees. - (2) An adoption in a foreign nation under the laws...
Section 109.390 - Authority of Department of Human Services or child-caring agency in adoption proceedings. - (1) If it deems the action necessary or proper, become...
Section 109.400 - Adoption report form. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 109.289, if the court enters a judgment...
Section 109.410 - Certificate of adoption; form; persons eligible to receive certificate; status. - ______________________________________________________________________________ CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION IN THE ________ COURT OF THE...
Section 109.425 - Definitions for ORS 109.425 to 109.507. - (1) "Adoptee" means a person who has been adopted in...
Section 109.430 - Policy and purpose. - (1) Set up a voluntary adoption registry where birth parents,...
Section 109.435 - Adoption records to be permanently maintained. - (2) If an agency which handles adoptions ceases to do...
Section 109.445 - Information of registry confidential. - (2) A class action suit shall not be maintained in...
Section 109.450 - Child placement agency to maintain registry; Department of Human Services duties. - (2) The Department of Human Services shall establish, maintain and...
Section 109.455 - Persons eligible to use registry. - (2) A putative father may not use the registry to...
Section 109.460 - Persons eligible to register; information authorized for release; expiration of registration on behalf of minor. - (2) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry,...
Section 109.465 - Content of affidavit; notice of change in information. - (a) The current name and address of the registrant and,...
Section 109.470 - Continuing registration by birth parent or putative father; reregistration by minor as adult; fee. - (2) When an adoptee reaches age 18, a putative father...
Section 109.475 - Processing affidavits; notification of match. - (2) If the registry determines there is a match and...
Section 109.480 - Counseling of registrant. - (2) The counseling required under subsection (1) of this section...
Section 109.485 - Registry information to be maintained permanently. - Note: See note under 109.425.
Section 109.490 - Limits on releasing information. - (1) The adoptive parents, except for an adoptive parent of...
Section 109.495 - Registrant fee. - Note: See note under 109.425.
Section 109.500 - Genetic, social and health history; availability; fee. - (a) The adoptive parents of the child or the child’s...
Section 109.502 - Search for birth parents, putative father, genetic siblings or county where adoption finalized; who may initiate; information required; fee. - (b)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph,...
Section 109.503 - Access to adoption records for search; duties of searcher. - (2) If the department, agency or third party individual or...
Section 109.504 - Effect on subsequent searches when person sought in initial search refuses contact; other restrictions on searches. - (2) An adult adoptee or the adoptive parent of a...
Section 109.505 - Support services; adoption and reunion issues. - (1) By the Department of Human Services, an Oregon licensed...
Section 109.506 - Rulemaking; fees. - (1) Eligibility standards for Oregon licensed adoption agencies and third...
Section 109.507 - Access to Department of Human Services records required; access to private agency records discretionary. - (2) A private adoption agency may allow the department, an...
Section 109.510 - Age of majority. - (1) Have control of the person’s own actions and business;...
Section 109.570 - Legislative findings. - (1) Current economic and cultural circumstances are such that relatives...
Section 109.572 - Definitions for ORS 109.570 to 109.580. - (1) "Educational services" means enrollment of a minor child in...
Section 109.575 - Authority of relative caregiver to consent to medical treatment and educational services for minor child; liability for payment; expiration of authority. - (2) A relative caregiver providing consent under this section is...
Section 109.580 - Relative caregiver affidavit. - (1) The name of the minor child; (2) The minor...
Section 109.610 - Right to care for certain sexually transmitted infections without parental consent. - (2)(a) The consent of a parent or legal guardian of...
Section 109.640 - Right to medical or dental treatment without parental consent; provision of birth control information and services to any person. - (2) A minor 15 years of age or older may...
Section 109.670 - Right to donate blood. - (2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "blood...
Section 109.672 - Certain persons immune from liability for providing care to minor. - (2) The immunity provided by subsection (1) of this section...
Section 109.675 - Right to diagnosis or treatment for mental or emotional disorder or chemical dependency without parental consent. - (2) However, the person providing treatment shall have the parents...
Section 109.680 - Disclosure by mental health care provider without minor’s consent; civil immunity. - (2)(a) A mental health care provider that is providing services...
Section 109.697 - Right to contract for dwelling unit and utilities without parental consent. - (2) For purposes of this section, "minor" means an unemancipated...
Section 109.701 - Short title. - Note: 109.701 to 109.834 were enacted into law by the...
Section 109.704 - Definitions for ORS 109.701 to 109.834. - (1) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary...
Section 109.707 - Proceedings governed by other law. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.711 - Application to Indian tribes. - (2) A court of this state shall treat a tribe...
Section 109.714 - International application of ORS 109.701 to 109.834. - (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this...
Section 109.717 - Effect of child custody determination. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.721 - Priority. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.724 - Notice to persons outside state. - (2) Proof of service may be made in the manner...
Section 109.727 - Appearance and limited immunity. - (2) A person who is subject to personal jurisdiction in...
Section 109.731 - Communication between courts. - (2) The court may allow the parties to participate in...
Section 109.734 - Taking testimony in another state. - (2) A court of this state may permit an individual...
Section 109.737 - Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. - (a) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (b) Order a person to...
Section 109.741 - Initial child custody jurisdiction. - (a) This state is the home state of the child...
Section 109.744 - Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. - (a) A court of this state determines that neither the...
Section 109.747 - Jurisdiction to modify determination. - (1) The court of the other state determines that it...
Section 109.751 - Temporary emergency jurisdiction. - (2) If there is no previous child custody determination that...
Section 109.754 - Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder. - (2) ORS 109.701 to 109.834 do not govern the enforceability...
Section 109.757 - Simultaneous proceedings. - (2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 109.751, a court...
Section 109.761 - Inconvenient forum. - (2) Before determining whether a court of this state is...
Section 109.764 - Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. - (a) The parents and all persons acting as parents have...
Section 109.767 - Information to be submitted to court. - (a) Has participated, as a party or witness or in...
Section 109.771 - Appearance of parties and child. - (2) If a party to a child custody proceeding whose...
Section 109.774 - Definitions for ORS 109.774 to 109.827. - (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an...
Section 109.777 - Enforcement under Hague Convention. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.781 - Duty to enforce. - (2) A court of this state may utilize any remedy...
Section 109.784 - Temporary order for parenting time or visitation. - (1) A court of this state that does not have...
Section 109.787 - Registration of child custody determination; notice; fee; hearing. - (a) A letter or other document requesting registration; (b) The...
Section 109.791 - Enforcement of registered determination. - (2) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce,...
Section 109.794 - Simultaneous proceedings. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.797 - Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. - (2) A petition for enforcement of a child custody determination...
Section 109.801 - Service of petition and order. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.804 - Immediate physical custody of child; exceptions; spousal privilege in certain proceedings. - (a) The child custody determination has not been registered and...
Section 109.807 - Warrant to take physical custody of child. - (2) If the court, upon the testimony of the petitioner...
Section 109.811 - Costs, fees and expenses. - (2) The court may not assess fees, costs or expenses...
Section 109.814 - Recognition and enforcement. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.817 - Appeals. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.821 - Role of district attorney. - (a) An existing child custody determination; (b) A request to...
Section 109.824 - Role of law enforcement officer. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.827 - Costs and expenses of district attorney and law enforcement officers. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.831 - Application and construction. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.834 - Severability clause. - Note: See note under 109.701.
Section 109.990 - Penalty. - (2) A person who violates any provision of ORS 109.281...