Browse our Oregon legal guides organized by the topic you’re facing.
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Starting, responding to, or finishing a divorce in Oregon.
How Oregon temporary orders and status quo orders set the rules for support, custody, and the family home while your case is pending.
A step-by-step look at how divorce works in Oregon in 2026 — from filing the petition through the final judgment.
A complete guide to Oregon's residency requirements, the petition process, service, financial disclosure, and timelines.
Legal custody, parenting schedules, and protecting your time with your kids.
Oregon does not presume that 50-50 is best. A judge may order equal parenting time, and if you ask for it, the court needs written findings to say no.
If your teenager refuses to go to the other parent’s house, Oregon courts look at mental health, cases with no order yet, and how a judge hears from a child.
Not married to your child’s mother? How to establish paternity in Oregon, why a signed acknowledgment isn’t a custody order, and how unmarried fathers get parenting time and fair child support.
When the other parent won’t follow the parenting plan: how Oregon’s expedited parenting time enforcement under ORS 107.434 and remedial contempt work, and what not to do.
A practical step-by-step guide for Eugene and Lane County parents thinking about leaving Oregon with their kids: custody orders, ORS 107.159 notice, agreements, and mistakes to avoid.
A Family Abuse Prevention Act order under ORS 107.700–107.735 can reshape a custody case overnight. Who qualifies, how the hearing works, and how FAPA interacts with parenting time.
Oregon law requires notice before moving more than 60 miles from the other parent, and a contested relocation can reopen custody. The rules, the risks, and how to prepare.
Oregon law lets grandparents and other “psychological parents” ask for visitation or custody under ORS 109.119 — but the legal bar is high. How these cases actually work.
Legal vs. physical custody, the best-interests factors, parenting plans, custody evaluations, modifications, and relocation rules.
In Oregon, custody and parenting time are two separate legal concepts. What each means, why it matters, and how it affects your case.
The five most common mistakes we see — from social media missteps to ignoring court orders — and how to avoid them.
Why contempt usually isn't the answer when a child refuses the schedule, how ORS 107.434 works, and what practical options both parents have.
How Oregon calculates and awards support.
How daycare, health insurance, cash medical support, uninsured expenses, and parenting time all factor into your child support order.
Oregon's three categories of spousal support — transitional, compensatory, and maintenance — and what factors the court weighs.
Dividing assets and protecting what's yours.
Federal law lets a divorced person collect a Social Security benefit based on a former spouse’s work record. The 10-year rule, who qualifies, and what an Oregon court can and cannot do.
Lived together but never married or registered? How Oregon divides property between unmarried partners, why spousal support usually isn’t available, and how custody and child support work.
How Oregon's "just and proper" standard works, marital vs. separate property, and how courts handle retirement accounts, QDROs, and the home.
Prenups are trending in 2026. What Oregon's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act requires, what a prenup can and can't do, and how to make one enforceable.
Trusts, wills, and planning for the future.
Email, photos, crypto, and online accounts don’t pass under a will automatically. How Oregon’s RUFADAA works, why online tools override your will, and how to give your family legal access.
What a surviving spouse and successor trustee must do after the first death — death certificates, beneficiary notices, A/B splits, and estate tax.