(1) Pursuant to ORS § 18.035, the court shall ensure that any order for support entered pursuant to ORS § 419B.400 is entered as a judgment.

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(2) If a motion is filed to set aside, alter or modify a judgment described in subsection (1) of this section, the court may not set aside, alter or modify the judgment, or any portion of the judgment, to the extent that the set-aside, alteration or modification would affect moneys that accrued prior to the date the motion is served on the nonmoving party if the moneys that accrued are for minor children or the support of a party.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, when a judgment is entered terminating or relinquishing a parent’s parental rights, any child support arrears for that child owed to the State of Oregon by the parent are deemed satisfied as a matter of law.

(b) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section limits the authority of the court to deem satisfied any arrears under a judgment described in subsection (1) of this section owed to the State of Oregon by a parent. [1993 c.33 § 122; 2003 c.576 § 252; 2023 c.291 § 5]