Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 25 § 25.275 — Formula
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 25 ·
Oregon Code § 25.275·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Formula
for determining child support awards; criteria to be considered; mandated
standards; reduction; rules.
(1) The Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice shall establish
by rule a formula for determining child support awards in any judicial or
administrative proceeding. In establishing the formula, the division shall take
into consideration the following criteria:
(a) All earnings,
income and resources of each parent, including real and personal property;
(b) The earnings
history and potential of each parent;
(c) The
reasonable necessities of each parent;
(d) The ability
of each parent to borrow;
(e) The
educational, physical and emotional needs of the child for whom the support is
sought;
(f) The amount of
assistance that would be paid to the child under the full standard of need of
the states IV-A plan;
(g) Preexisting
support orders and current dependents; and
(h) Other
reasonable criteria that the division may find to be appropriate.
(2) The formula
described in subsection (1) of this section must also comply with the following
standards:
(a) The child is
entitled to benefit from the income of both parents to the same extent that the
child would have benefited had the family unit remained intact or if there had
been an intact family unit consisting of both parents and the child.
(b) Both parents
should share in the costs of supporting the child in the same proportion as
each parents income bears to the combined income of both parents.
(3) The formula
described in subsection (1) of this section must be designed to ensure, as a
minimum, that the child for whom support is sought benefits from the income and
resources of the absent parent on an equitable basis in comparison with any
other minor children of the absent parent.
(4) The child
support obligation to be paid by the obligor and determined under the formula
described in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) May be
reduced or increased in consideration of medical support, as provided in ORS
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 25.275
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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