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OR Rev Stat § 25.381 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.381 - Establishing income withholding as method of paying support; records.

(1) Whenever services are being provided under ORS 25.080, support rights are not and have not at any time during the past five months been assigned to this or another state, and no arrearages under a support order are so assigned, the administrator shall provide, upon request of an obligor or obligee, services sufficient to permit establishment of income withholding under ORS 25.378, including services necessary to establish a support payment record under ORS 25.164 and 25.167. (2) Regardless of whether services are being provided under ORS 25.080, the administrator shall provide, upon request of an obligor or obligee, services sufficient to permit establishment of income withholding under ORS 25.378: (a) For the payment of child support without the necessity of an application for support enforcement services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.); and (b) For the payment of spousal support if the obligee is receiving supplemental nutrition assistance or any other form of public assistance, as defined in ORS 411.010, from the Department of Human Services or medical assistance, as defined in ORS 414.025, from the department or the Oregon Health Authority. [Formerly 25.340; 2001 c.900 §8; 2003 c.73 §31; 2005 c.265 §1; 2009 c.599 §15; 2013 c.688 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 25.384 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.384 - Statement on withholding in support order.

(1) Any child support order issued or modified after October 1, 1989, shall include a statement in substantially the following form: ______________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF INCOME WITHHOLDING The support order is enforceable by income withholding under ORS 25.372 to 25.427. Withholding shall occur immediately, whenever there are arrears at least equal to the support payment for one month, whenever the obligated parent requests such withholding or whenever the obligee requests withholding for good cause. The district attorney or, as appropriate, the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice will assist in securing such withholding. Exceptions may apply in some circumstances. ______________________________________________________________________________ (2) The Department of Justice shall provide annual notice to each obligor and obligee on support orders being enforced by the district attorney or Division of Child Support of the availability of and requirements for exceptions to withholding. [Formerly 25.370]
OR Rev Stat § 25.387 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.387 - Withholding more than amount authorized by law.

Notwithstanding ORS 25.414 and 656.234, the court upon motion of a party holding the support rights, the Division of Child Support or the district attorney, and after a hearing, may order the withholding of more than the amount otherwise authorized by law. In no case may an order require payment of an amount that exceeds the limits imposed by the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1673(b)). [Formerly 25.354]
OR Rev Stat § 25.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.390 - Amendment of support order not required for withholding.

Disposable income is subject to an order to withhold to satisfy a support obligation without the need for any amendment to the support order involved or for any further action, other than those actions required or permitted under ORS 25.378. [Formerly 25.318]
OR Rev Stat § 25.393 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.393 - Remedy additional to other remedies.

Collection of support by withholding income pursuant to ORS chapter 25 is in addition to any other remedy provided by law for the enforcement of support. [Formerly 25.313]
OR Rev Stat § 25.396 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.396 - Exception to withholding; termination of withholding; rules.

(1) When a court or the administrator enters or modifies a support order, the court or administrator may grant an exception to income withholding required under ORS 25.378 if the court or administrator makes a written finding that there is good cause not to require income withholding. Good cause exists when there is proof of timely payment of previously ordered support and when initiating or continuing income withholding would not be in the best interests of the child. (2) The court or administrator may grant an exception to income withholding required under ORS 25.378 if: (a) The obligor and obligee at any time agree in writing to an alternative payment method; (b) When money is owed to the state under the support order, the state agrees in writing to the alternative payment method; (c) The obligor has paid in full all arrears accrued under the support order; and (d) The court or administrator accepts the alternative payment method. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, when child support is currently assigned to the state and the child is in the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority or the Department of Human Services, the state or the obligor may request and the court or administrator may grant an exception from income withholding if: (a) The order to withhold is a barrier to reunification of the family or rehabilitation of the youth or is prejudicial to the obligor’s ability to provide for another child to whom a duty of support is owed; and (b) The state and the obligor agree in writing to an alternative payment method. (4) Exceptions to income withholding described in this section may be granted by the administrator or the court, except that when support enforcement services are being provided under ORS 25.080 the only permissible alternative payment methods are an electronic funds transfer to the Department of Justice or another method permitted under rules adopted under this section. (5) A party may appeal the administrator’s decision granting or denying an exception under this section to the circuit court in accordance with ORS 183.484. (6) Income withholding may be terminated only if the conditions set forth in this section are met. (7) The Department of Justice shall adopt rules and establish procedures to implement this section. [Formerly 25.317; 2001 c.171 §1; 2003 c.73 §32; 2003 c.572 §8; 2021 c.498 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 25.399 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.399 - Notice of order to withhold; contents of notice.

(1) When an order to withhold is issued under ORS 25.378, the party or entity initiating the action shall send notice of the order to withhold to the obligor by regular mail to the last-known address of the obligor. The notice must state: (a) That withholding has commenced; (b) The amount to be withheld and the amount of arrears, if any; (c) That the order to withhold applies to any current or subsequent withholder or period of employment; (d) The procedures available for contesting the withholding and that the only basis for contesting the withholding is a mistake of fact, which means an error in the amount of current support or arrearages, or an error in the identity of the obligor; (e) The availability of and requirements for exceptions to withholding; (f) That the obligor has 30 days from the date that the income is first withheld pursuant to the order to withhold to contest the withholding; and (g) The actions that will be taken if the obligor contests the withholding. (2) The notice requirement of subsection (1) of this section may be met by mailing a copy of the order to withhold, by regular mail, to the obligor. [Formerly 25.315; 2011 c.318 §10; 2017 c.461 §1; 2019 c.13 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 25.402 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.402 - Service of order on withholder; contents.

(1)(a) The party initiating the support action shall serve the order to withhold on the withholder. The order may be personally served upon the withholder or the withholder’s registered agent, an officer of the corporation, bookkeeper, accountant, person responsible for payroll or local office manager or may be served by any type of mail which is calculated to give actual notice and is addressed to one of the persons listed above. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection and unless the Department of Justice, prior to initiating service, receives written notice of completion of service by another party, the department shall serve the order to withhold in all cases affecting a support order for which the department or the district attorney has responsibility under ORS 25.080 for providing support enforcement services regardless of whether the department or another party initiated the support action. (2) The order to withhold shall inform the withholder of all of the following: (a) The amount of the obligor’s continuing support obligation. (b) That the withholder is required to withhold from the obligor’s disposable income due or becoming due to the obligor at each pay period an amount as determined by ORS 25.414. (c) The appropriate person to whom to make the withholding payment. (d) The information contained in ORS 25.375, 25.387, 25.411, 25.414, 25.417, 25.421 and 25.424. [Formerly 25.314]
OR Rev Stat § 25.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.405 - Contesting order to withhold; basis.

(1) An obligor contesting an order to withhold issued under ORS 25.378 must do so within 30 days from the date income is first withheld pursuant to the order to withhold. The obligor may not contest an order to withhold issued under ORS 25.378 (5). (2) The only basis for contesting the order to withhold is a mistake of fact. "Mistake of fact" means an error in the amount of current support or arrearages, or an error in the identity of the obligor. Payment of all arrearages shall not be the sole basis for not implementing withholding. (3) If the order to withhold was issued by a court of this state, the obligor must contest the order to withhold in the court that issued the order. (4) If the order to withhold was issued by a court or administrative agency of another state and was received directly by an employer in this state under ORS 110.594, the obligor may contest the order to withhold by: (a) Seeking relief from enforcement of the order in the appropriate tribunal of the state that issued the order; (b) Contesting the validity and enforcement of the order under ORS 110.601; or (c) Registering the underlying withholding order in Oregon in the manner provided by ORS 110.605 to 110.611 and seeking relief from enforcement of the order as provided in ORS 110.617 and 110.620. (5) If the order to withhold was issued pursuant to a request for enforcement under ORS 25.080, the obligor may contest the order to withhold to the district attorney or the Division of Child Support. The district attorney or the Division of Child Support need not provide an opportunity for a contested case administrative hearing under ORS chapter 183 or a hearing in circuit court. Within 45 days after the date income is first withheld pursuant to the order to withhold, the district attorney or the Division of Child Support shall determine, based on an evaluation of the facts, if the withholding shall continue and notify the obligor of the determination and of the obligor’s right to appeal the determination. (6) Any appeal of the decision of the district attorney or the Division of Child Support made under subsection (5) of this section is to the circuit court for a hearing under ORS 183.484. (7) The initiation of proceedings to contest an order to withhold under subsection (4) of this section, a motion or request to contest an order to withhold or an appeal of the decision of the district attorney or the Division of Child Support made under subsection (5) of this section does not act to stay withholding unless otherwise ordered by a court. [Formerly 25.316; 2009 c.80 §2; 2011 c.318 §11; 2015 c.298 §87]
OR Rev Stat § 25.408 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.408 - Withholding is continuing obligation.

The withholding required by the order is a continuing obligation. The notice and the withholding required by the order remain in effect and are binding upon the withholder until further notice from the court or the entity issuing the notice. [Formerly 25.359]
OR Rev Stat § 25.411 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.411 - When withholding begins; payment to Department of Justice or obligee.

(1) The withholder shall start withholding not later than the first pay period occurring five days after the date of the order to withhold. However, if on the date the employer receives the order the employer has already calculated the payroll for that pay period and has prepared the paycheck or submitted a deposit for that payroll, the employer shall start withholding no later than the second pay period occurring after the date of the order to withhold. (2) Within seven business days after the date the obligor receives income, the withholder shall pay amounts withheld to the Department of Justice or to the obligee by deposit into the obligee’s bank account, whichever is specified in the order to withhold. The withholder shall include, with the payment, the obligor’s name and case number and the date upon which the income was withheld. (3) When payments are made to the Department of Justice, the withholder may combine amounts withheld from different obligors’ incomes in a single payment as long as such payment is accompanied by a list that separately identifies which portion of the payment is attributable to each obligor, the obligor’s name and case number, if any. (4) As used in this section, "business day" means a day on which the Department of Justice is open for regular business. [Formerly 25.355; 2007 c.356 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 25.417 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.417 - Amount to be withheld when obligor paid more frequently than monthly.

When an obligor is required to pay support by income withholding and is paid more often than monthly, the withholder shall withhold up to the full amount specified in the order to withhold, based on the obligor’s pay period as specified in the order to withhold. The amount withheld may not exceed the maximum amount allowed under ORS 25.414 (8). [Formerly 25.353; 2001 c.455 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 25.421 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.421 - Procedure if withholder does not withhold support.

If for any reason a withholder does not withhold support in any month, the withholder shall explain the reason for not withholding. The withholder shall send the explanation for not withholding to the person or entity to whom the withholder sends payments and shall send the explanation on the date that the withholder would normally send a payment. If the withholder does not send a payment because the obligor is no longer employed by the withholder, the withholder may include in the explanation the name and address of the obligor’s new employer, if known. A withholder is not liable to the obligor for disclosure of this information. [Formerly 25.357]
OR Rev Stat § 25.427 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.427 - Rules.

The Department of Justice shall make rules and take action as is necessary to carry out the purposes of ORS 25.372 to 25.427. [Formerly 25.365; 2003 c.73 §34]
OR Rev Stat § 25.501 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.501 - Definitions for ORS 25.501 to 25.556.

As used in ORS 25.501 to 25.556, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Adjudicated youth" has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.004. (2) "Court" means any circuit court of this state and any court in another state having jurisdiction to determine the liability of persons for the support of another person. (3) "Court order" means any judgment or order of any Oregon court that orders payment of a set or determinable amount of support money by the subject parent and does not include an order or judgment in any proceeding in which the court did not order support. (4) "Department" means the Department of Justice of this state or its equivalent in any other state from which a written request for establishment or enforcement of a support obligation is received under ORS 25.511. (5) "Dependent child" means any person under the age of 18 who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. "Dependent child" also means a child attending school as defined in ORS 107.108. (6) "Office" means the office of the Division of Child Support or the office of the district attorney. (7) "Parent" means: (a) The natural or adoptive father or mother of a dependent child or adjudicated youth; (b) A person whose parentage has been established under ORS 109.065; or (c) A stepparent when the person has an obligation to support a dependent child under ORS 108.045. (8) "Past support" means the amount of child support that could have been ordered and accumulated as arrears against a parent for the benefit of a child for any period of time during which the child was not supported by the parent and for which period no support order was in effect. (9) "Public assistance" means any money payments made by the state that are paid to or for the benefit of any dependent child or adjudicated youth, including but not limited to payments made so that food, shelter, medical care, clothing, transportation or other necessary goods, services or items may be provided, and payments made in compensation for the provision of the necessities. "Public assistance" does not include money payments made by the state to or for the benefit of a dependent child as the result of the child’s removal from the parent’s home against the wishes of the parent, if the Department of Human Services determines after completion of a child protective services assessment that the report of abuse is unfounded according to rules adopted by the Department of Human Services. [Formerly 416.400; 2021 c.489 §2] Note: 25.501 to 25.556 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 25 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 25.502 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.502 - Policy.

It is the public policy of this state that dependent children shall be maintained, as much as possible, from the resources of both of the parents, thereby relieving or avoiding, at least in part, the burden often borne by single parents or by the general citizenry through public assistance programs. The existing remedies pertaining to family desertion and nonsupport of dependent children are to be augmented by the additional remedies provided in ORS 25.501 to 25.556 which are directed to the real and personal property resources of the responsible parents. These additional remedies are not in lieu of existing law. ORS 25.501 to 25.556 shall be liberally construed and administered to implement the policy stated in this section. [Formerly 416.405] Note: See note under 25.501.
OR Rev Stat § 25.503 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.503 - Parties to support proceedings; notice.

(1) In any proceeding under ORS 25.501 to 25.556, the following are parties and shall be given notice of any such proceeding by the administrator: (a) The State of Oregon. (b) An obligee who has physical custody of a child for whose benefit a support order or an order establishing paternity is sought, is being modified or is being enforced under ORS 25.501 to 25.556. (c) A noncustodial parent or a male who is alleged to be the father of a child when an action is initiated under ORS 25.501 to 25.556 to establish, modify or enforce a support or paternity order. (d) A person joined as a party under subsection (2) of this section. (2) Pursuant to administrative rule, a party may join a person who has physical custody of a child to a proceeding under ORS 25.501 to 25.556. [Formerly 416.407] Note: See note under 25.501.
OR Rev Stat § 25.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.505 - Authority of administrator and administrative law judge; rules.

(1) In any individual case, commencing with the payment of public assistance, with the application for enforcement services under ORS 25.080 by an individual not receiving public assistance or upon receipt of a written request for enforcement of a support obligation from the state agency of another state responsible for administering the federal child support enforcement program, the administrator may take action under ORS 25.501 to 25.556. The administrator and, as appropriate, the administrative law judge, may establish, modify and terminate support orders, require health care coverage for dependent children, establish paternity and collect child support. (2) The Department of Justice may make such rules as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out ORS 25.501 to 25.556. [Formerly 416.455] Note: See note under 25.501.
OR Rev Stat § 25.507 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 025 - Support Enforcement|Section 25.507 - Tribunals for establishment of paternity or for child support order.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the administrator may act as the tribunal described in ORS 110.504 in the establishment of paternity or of a child support order, or in the modification or enforcement of a child support order. (2)(a) When a hearing is requested pursuant to ORS 25.513, the tribunal is the Office of Administrative Hearings, except as provided in ORS 25.550. (b) When an order is appealed pursuant to ORS 25.513 (6), the tribunal is a circuit court. [Formerly 416.419] Note: See note under 25.501.