Oregon Child Support
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Oregon child support is based upon Federal laws that
have been implemented over the past fifteen plus years.
Those laws encompass support enforcement, basic support
and support collection. Oregon must comply with these
laws or lose Federal aid.
In Oregon, both parents have a legal duty to support their
children. According to Oregon's guidelines, the child is entitled to benefit
from the income of both parents to the same extent that he or she would have if
the family had remained intact. Both parents should share in the costs of
supporting the child in the same proportion as each parent's income bears to
the combined income of both parents.
Oregon child support is calculated by official "child
support guidelines". These guidelines contain a formula to be used for the
calculation of child support. The Oregon child support guidelines will
compare the available resources of both parents (usually, their gross
monthly incomes) and arrive at a presumptively correct amount of child
support. In calculating Oregon child support, the Court will also consider
the physical, emotional, educational and general needs of the child, the
parent's ability to pay child support, the relative financial means of the
parents, including income, resources and property as well as the standard of
living the child would have enjoyed if the marriage had not been dissolved
is also factored into the formula for awarding child support. The Court will
also consider the potential earnings of the parents, the tax consequences of
each parent along with any needs of any other dependents of a parent. The
desirability of the parent having either sole custody or physical care of
the child remaining in the home as a full-time parent as well as any other
relevant factors are also factors the Court will take into consideration
when determining the appropriate award for child support.
Oregon child support laws also describe how to determine a
monthly income when a parent is unemployed, self-employed, or working part-time
temporarily. Day care costs and some medical costs can be added to this basic
support, and adjustments are possible for split custody (each parent has at
least one of their children) or shared custody (each parent has the child a
significant amount of time). The parent without custody must enroll the
children in an available health insurance plan if the custodial parent requests
and the costs are "reasonable." The parents will share the cost of health
insurance, based on how much income each has, and the child support amount is
adjusted accordingly.
If it can be shown that the guideline amount is "unjust or
inappropriate," the judge can deviate from the Oregon child support guidelines
after it considers various "rebuttal" factors, such as the special needs of a
child, or the unusual expenses or resources of a parent.
Once an Oregon child support order has been issued, it is
subject to enforcement. If the support payor is not paying child support as
ordered, the support recipient can file a motion for "contempt of court" and/or
ask for wage withholding, tax refund intercepts or other enforcement actions.
Oregon child support orders are also subject to
modification. After an order of support has been issued, either parent may ask
the Court to modify the amount of child support based on a substantial change
in circumstances.
In Oregon, child support generally terminates when the child
reaches 18 years of age. If, however, the child is enrolled in school part-time
or more, child support may be extended to the child’s twenty-first birthday.
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