Oregon Statutes 110.650 – Proceedings available under Convention
(1) In a support proceeding under ORS § 110.645 to 110.669, the Department of Justice shall:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 110.650
- Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Convention: means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Foreign country: means a country, or a political subdivision of a country, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
(a) That has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
(b) That has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in ORS § 110. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Obligor: means an individual, or the estate of a decedent, that:
(a) Owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
(b) Is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child;
(c) Is liable under a support order; or
(d) Is a debtor in a proceeding under ORS § 110. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States or an Indian nation or tribe. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision or directive, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse or a former spouse, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
(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 proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under ORS § 110.660 (2)(b), (d) or (i);
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(3) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against whom there is an existing support order:
(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(4) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention. [2015 c.298 § 65]