Category: Dissolution
Out of State: Can Oregon hear my custody case?
Going through a custody dispute is never easy, and becomes even harder when the parties and children live in different states. Should you file here? Should you file where the other parent lives? What if…
Baby you can drive my car, or: how would an Oregon family law court handle the McCartney-Mills split? (Part III)
The last set of issues a court would consider in the McCartney-Mills divorce would be custody of Beatrice and the child support owed from one parent to another. Custody of a child in a contested…
Baby you can drive my car, or: how would an Oregon family law court handle the McCartney-Mills split? (Part II)
How much spousal support would Heather Mills be entitled to if she divorced Sir Paul in Oregon? That’s not as easy a question to answer as child support might be (there is a formula specifically…
Divorce Myths: The court can protect my credit after divorce.
A common myth we come across in our practice is that the court has the power to protect a client’s credit if the ex spouse doesn’t pay an obligation they were ordered to pay under…
(Un)Common Divorce Myth: Court-Appointed Counsel
I had no idea people thought they were entitled to court-appointed counsel in anything other than criminal cases until I spoke with a friend who is a domestic relations clerk. He jokes that he must…
New Resource for Divorcing Women
Check out the Modern Woman’s Divorce Guide for wonderful interviews with attorneys, articles, and resources!
New Case Law: A promise is a promise
Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled an agreement to settle a case was binding under a very unusual set of circumstances. John and Diane Baldwin divorced in 1993. As part of the divorce,…
New Case Law: Satisfying the original purpose behind support, Part II
In a case decided the same day as Cheever, discussed below, the Court of Appeals determined that a support order should not be terminated — even after the remarriage of an ex-spouse — where the…
New Case Law: Satisfying the original purpose behind support, Part I
Very often people expect that there is one hard-and-fast formula that courts apply to awarding spousal support in every case. While there are statutes that outline the factors that a court should look at when…
Common Divorce Myth: Courts Always Keep Kids Together
There is a fair amount of truth to this myth, actually. Placement of children in a dissolution action (and in any custody proceeding) is based on the “best interest of the child,” and often keeping…
