In another article printed on this website there is a discussion of some of the issues that accompany a change in child support, and an example of how much a small change in parenting time can change child support amounts, and total child support paid over the years.
In a situation where (in 2017) a couple has only one child, and there are no joint children, and one spouse earns about $15 an hour, or $2,600 per month (i.e. $31,200 per year), and the other spouse earns about $25 per hour, or about $4,330 per month (i.e.
While either a husband or a wife can file a petition seeking legal separation in Oregon, in almost all cases, the other side can convert the case to a divorce case when they respond.
While a lower income former spouse will often be awarded spousal support following an Oregon divorce, that support may be limited or reduced if the lower income former spouse has access to significant wealth or property.
Spousal support is a very complex area of law in Oregon.
A great many different arguments can be made as to whether support should be awarded after a divorce.
In Oregon there is (with rare exceptions) no such thing as community property.
However, property that is acquired during a marriage, unless it is acquired by inheritance, is generally subject to division upon a divorce.
Sometimes people have a child that they want to help become established in a home.
In some cases, rather than giving the child a down payment, or the like, there is a desire to simply transfer a house that the parent already owns to the child.
There is a rebuttable presumption of equal contribution in Oregon divorces.
The rules have changed over the years.
Inherited property, in Oregon, now, is generally not spilt equally among spouses when they divorce.
As explained in other articles in this series, Oregon divorce courts are required to make an equitable division of assets when a couple is divorced.