A person can only file for a divorce in Oregon if the person or the person’s spouse has lived in Oregon for at least six months.
However, a person can file for legal separation immediately upon moving to Oregon.
In some situations there is a question whether one is allowed to file a divorce case in Oregon. This can be an issue if you have recently moved to Oregon, or if your spouse lives out of state.
Sometimes it does not matter who files first in a divorce situation.
In Oregon, one can only file for divorce in a county where one party or the other lives.
People sometimes wonder whether they gain an advantage by filing first in a divorce situation.
In some cases, the answer is yes.
Something that some people don’t think of relates to money passing to their children.
If you do not have a Will and are not married at the time you die, your children WILL get your assets (if you have children).
Many General Judgments of Dissolution (sometimes called Divorce Decrees) require retirement assets be split, or require some retirement assets to be transferred or assigned to the owner’s former spouse.
After a divorce is completed, there is usually still a lot of work to be done.
Under Oregon law, a divorced spouse will be treated as pre-deceased for purposes of inheritance from their former spouse under a Will that existed before the divorce, in most cases.
There may be good reasons for some families to depart temporarily from the existing parenting plan for their children during the Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic.