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During an economic downturn, households throughout the United States reconsider their economic situation.

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Why an Economic Downturn is a Good Time to Consider a Prenuptial or Postnuptial Agreement

A prenuptial agreement can help two people clarify their expectations and plans surrounding financial matters before marriage. Similarly, a postnuptial agreement can help two spouses align their understandings and expectations around the family’s finances. During an economic downturn, households throughout the United States reconsider their economic situation. For many Oregon and Washington couples, this also means weighing whether a prenuptial

Divorce

Oregon Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Division of Couple’s Property in Favor of Wife

One of the most hotly contested issues in many Oregon divorces is how the couple’s assets should be split up. If a couple can agree on how to divide their assets, they are free to do so, and the courts will usually respect a couple’s decision. However, in the event of a disagreement, the court must use its judgment to

In a recent case before the Oregon Court of Appeals, the court affirmed the lower court’s order terminating the parental rights of a child’s mother and granting the child’s step-mother’s petition to adopt her.

Child Custody

Court Terminates Biological Mother’s Parental Rights, Allowing Step-Mother to Legally Adopt the Child

Issues surrounding the custody of minor children are very emotional and, as a result, often end in major disagreements between divorcing spouses. In a recent case before the Oregon Court of Appeals, the court affirmed the lower court’s order terminating the parental rights of a child’s mother and granting the child’s step-mother’s petition to adopt her. The Facts of the

Parents cannot change child support terms by themselves. However, a parent can request a modification of the child support order.

Divorce

Child Support Modification

Children in the United States in different home environments. Some children live with both of their natural or adopted parents. Other kids may live with one of their parents and a stepparent. Households sometimes consist of single mothers or fathers with their children. Although it is common for children to have parents as their caretakers, circumstances may arise in which grandparents,

Divorce

Types of Spousal Support

Oregon law defines marriage as a civil contract between two people at least 17 years old and capable of consenting to marriage. For many couples, marriage is more than a legal status. The reasons why individuals seek a marital relationship include: According to Oregon’s Center for Health Statistics, Oregon had over 25,000 marriages in 2021. An average of 3,000 marital

Child Custody

Child Custody Modification

In the United States, millions of minor children depend on their parents to provide food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, safety and guidance. They may live in different parental homes – some with married or cohabitating parents, others with single-parent living arrangements. According to the United States Census Bureau report for 2021, over 42 million children live with their married parents, and

Child Custody

Do Oregon Stepparents Have a Right to Child Custody?

A family consists of people related by blood, marriage and adoption. It also can include individuals so closely connected that they feel like family. Some families in the United States do not contain traditional family members. For decades, the conventional family was married parents and children of the marriage. In 2020, more than 1.6 million marriages occurred in the United States.

Grandparents can petition the court for visitation if they show they have an established ongoing personal or child-parent relationship.

Child Custody

What Parents Should Know About Grandparent Child Visitation Rights

The portrayals of grandparents in movies and television are ones of older people who dote on their grandchildren. They also have characteristics of patience, kindness, generosity and wisdom. They give unconditional love and are shoulders to cry on and listen with empathy. The films also show that the grandchildren have the same affinity toward their grandparents. In real life, grandparents and grandchildren often

Some child support obligations extend after the children are adults.

Divorce

Paying Child Support for Adult Children

Children are the youngest and most vulnerable group of people. Depending on their ages, they do not have the ability or access to provide food, shelter, clothing, and other necessities for themselves. As kids become pre-teens and teenagers, they can do more things for their self-care; however, some laws regulate their abilities to establish completely independent lives from their parents.

A parent can obtain a restraining order when the other parent abuses their child.

Child Custody

How To Get a Restraining Order For a Child

Children depend on adults to protect, provide, and teach them. They are one of the most vulnerable groups in the world. Because most children cannot take care of themselves, they trust adults to obtain food, shelter, health care, clothing, transportation and education. Unfortunately, an adult can violate the trust by abusing the child. The Centers for Disease Control states that

Why an Economic Downturn is a Good Time to Consider a Prenuptial or Postnuptial Agreement

Oregon Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Division of Couple’s Property in Favor of Wife

Court Terminates Biological Mother’s Parental Rights, Allowing Step-Mother to Legally Adopt the Child

Child Support Modification

Types of Spousal Support

Child Custody Modification

Do Oregon Stepparents Have a Right to Child Custody?

What Parents Should Know About Grandparent Child Visitation Rights

Paying Child Support for Adult Children

How To Get a Restraining Order For a Child

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