Case ID: or-app_102/html/0514-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Submitted on record and appellant’s brief April 24,
    award of attorney fees vacated; remanded for findings of fact and entry of appropriate order; otherwise affirmed July 18, 1990
    In the Matter of Janice Marie SCHWARTZ, aka Janice Marie Carey, Respondent, and David Otis SMITH, Appellant.
    
    (78-8195; CA A61693)
    794 P2d 830
    David Otis Smith, Hayfork, California, filed the brief pro se for appellant.
    No appearance for respondent.
    Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Newman and Deits, Judges.
    PER CURIAM
   PER CURIAM

Father appeals an order dismissing his motion to modify a child custody determination. He raises numerous challenges to the order, none of which warrant discussion.

He also contends that the court erred in awarding mother $500 attorney fees. Although the court did not explain the award or cite any particular authority, mother had sought attorney fees under ORS 107.135(6), which authorizes the court to award attorney fees in a modification proceeding, “[i]f a party is found to have acted in bad faith.” The court made no findings to support an award under that provision, and the record does not disclose a factual basis for the award.

Award of attorney fees vacated; remanded for findings of fact and entry of appropriate order; otherwise affirmed. No costs to either party.