Until recently, it was quite clear in Oregon that a person could file for a divorce, even after a judicial settlement, and that the court could order something completely different in the divorce than was ordered or agreed on in the separation.
Sometimes there is a situation where one side has filed a case in court first, and where the other side filed somewhat later, in another county, but achieved service on the first person first.
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.
In Oregon, one can only file for divorce in a county where one party or the other lives.
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.
A life estate is created when someone gives the current rights to real estate to a third party (or retains these rights themselves), while giving the rights to that same piece of property to someone else after the holder of the current rights passes on.
In order to get divorced in Oregon, one or both spouses must have lived in Oregon for at least six months.
When your Judgment of Dissolution (which used to be called a divorce decree) is final, signed by a judge, and entered into the record, people often think that everything is done.
Often this is not the case.
In many situations, there is little benefit in a race to the courthouse. Sometimes it can make quite a difference what the status quo is when a divorce begins however. Who lives where, and where the children live, and the like can be important factors to freeze in time with court filings in