Oregon Code § 110.551·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Duties
and powers of responding tribunal.
(1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable
pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to ORS 110.542 (2),
the responding tribunal shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and
notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(2) A responding
tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one
or more of the following:
(a) Establish or
enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the
controlling child support order or determine parentage of a child;
(b) Order an
obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of
compliance;
(c) Order income
withholding;
(d) Determine the
amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;
(e) Enforce
orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(f) Set aside
property for satisfaction of the support order;
(g) Place liens
and order execution on the obligors property;
(h) Order an
obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligors current residential
address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of
employment and telephone number at the place of employment;
(i) Issue a
warrant for an obligor who has failed, after proper notice, to appear at a
hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the warrant in any local and state
computer systems for criminal warrants;
(j) Order the
obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(k) Award
reasonable attorney fees and other fees and costs; and
(L) Grant any
other available remedy.
(3) A responding
tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this
chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which
the support order is based.
(4) A responding
tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued
under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(5) If a
responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the
tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent
and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(6) If requested
to enforce a support order, arrears or judgment or to modify a support order
stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert
the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars
under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported. [2015
c.298 §22]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 110.551
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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