Oregon Divorce Frequently Asked Questions No information below should be relied upon as formal legal advice. These answers should not be used in place of a personal consultation with a qualified lawyer. I have heard that there is an Oregon parenting class required during a divorce. What is this about? Oregon requires

Oregon Divorce Frequently Asked Questions No information below should be relied upon as formal legal advice. These answers should not be used in place of a personal consultation with a qualified lawyer. Do I have to go to mediation during Oregon divorce proceedings? When children are involved, you and your spouse will

Oregon Divorce Frequently Asked Questions No information below should be relied upon as formal legal advice. These answers should not be used in place of a personal consultation with a qualified lawyer. How is spousal support determined during an Oregon divorce? Is there an Oregon spousal support calculation I can do? Oregon

Oregon Divorce Frequently Asked Questions No information below should be relied upon as formal legal advice. These answers should not be used in place of a personal consultation with a qualified lawyer. How is child support determined in Oregon? Is there an Oregon spousal support calculation I can do? The court uses

Family Law in play letters, with gavel Does a child have input on custody and living arrangements? For example, we often receive the question along the lines of “My son is 13 and wants to live with me full-time. Can he talk to a judge about what he wants? In general, judges

Wooden justice gavel and block with brass “Is it worth my money to hire an attorney?” As divorce lawyers, we get this question surprisingly often. Potential clients are also often surprised to hear our answer: “not always.” As Oregon family law lawyers, we are not in the business of turning away clients.

Marriage annulment in Oregon is something that divorce lawyers get questioned about all the time while rarely encountering a circumstance where marriage annulment is appropriate. Common situational questions include: I’ve only been married 2 months – can I get it annulled? My spouse only married me to get citizenship. How do I

Cheating Spouses and Oregon Divorce: What impact will it have on my divorce? No doubt about it, divorces are an minefield of charged emotions. Often making a difficult situation harder is the suspicion or knowledge of infidelity within the marriage. A common question asked by existing or potential clients is whether proof

There is perhaps no more emotional type of litigation than those involving your children. Disagreements between parents over the health, education, or religious upbringing can lead to fearsome custody battles between well-meaning parents. However, these same strong opinions and supercharged emotions can sometimes lead to poor decisions that can ultimately harm a

Divorcing spouses are moving away from the traditional litigation model of dueling, aggressive lawyers, and more toward the cooperative alternative dispute resolution model of Oregon Collaborative Divorce. Whichever path clients take toward resolution, the reality is that most cases settle: they may settle early on or on the courthouse steps on the