Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 25 § 25.501 — Definitions for ORS 25.501 to 25.556

Definitions for ORS 25.501 to 25.556. As used in ORS 25.501 to 25.556, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Alleged genetic parent” has the meaning given that term in ORS 109.002. (2) “Combined relationship index” means the product of all tested relationship indices. (3) “Court” means any circuit court of this state and any court in another state having jurisdiction to determine the liability of persons for the support of another person. (4) “Court order” means any judgment or order of any Oregon court that orders payment of a set or determinable amount of support money by the subject parent and does not include an order or judgment in any proceeding in which the court did not order support. (5) “Dependent child” means any person under the age of 18 who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. “Dependent child” also means a child attending school as defined in ORS 107.108. (6) “Genetic testing” means an analysis of genetic markers to identify or exclude a genetic relationship. (7) “Office” means the office of the Division of Child Support or the office of the district attorney. (8) “Parent” means: (a) The natural or adoptive parent of a dependent child; (b) A person whose parentage has been established under ORS 109.065; or (c) A stepparent when the person has an obligation to support a dependent child under ORS 108.045. (9) “Past support” means the amount of child support that could have been ordered and accumulated as arrears against a parent for the benefit of a child for any period of time during which the child was not supported by the parent and for which period no support order was in effect. (10) “Relationship index” means a likelihood ratio that compares the probability of a genetic marker given a hypothesized genetic relationship and the probability of the genetic marker given a genetic relationship between the child and a random individual of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship. [Formerly 416.400; 2021 c.489 §2; 2025 c.99 §33; 2025 c.592 §90]