(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, proceedings under ORS § 33.055 to impose remedial sanctions for contempt and under ORS § 33.065 to impose punitive sanctions for contempt shall be commenced within two years of the act or omission constituting the contempt.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 33.135

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a proceeding to impose remedial sanctions shall be deemed commenced as to each defendant when the motion provided for in ORS § 33.055 is filed.

(3) Proceedings to impose punitive sanctions are subject to ORS § 131.135, 131.145 and 131.155.

(4) The time limitations imposed by subsection (1) of this section shall not act to bar proceedings to impose sanctions for an act or omission that constitutes a continuing contempt at the time contempt proceedings are commenced. The willful failure of an obligor, as that term is defined in ORS § 110.503, to pay a support obligation after that obligation becomes a judgment is a contempt without regard to when the obligation became a judgment.

(5) Proceedings to impose remedial or punitive sanctions for failure to pay a support obligation by an obligor, as defined in ORS § 110.503, shall be commenced within 10 years of the act or omission constituting contempt. [1991 c.724 § 12; 2005 c.560 § 15; 2015 c.298 § 88]

 

[Repealed by 1991 c.724 § 32]

 

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