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.
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.
In this new environment of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, some adjustments may need to be made to a whole range of our lives.
One of the areas where changes may be wise may be parenting.
There is some confusion as to how the school closures caused by the Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic will affect parenting time.