Oregon Statutes 110.549 – Duties of initiating tribunal
(1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 110.549
- Foreign country: means a country, or a political subdivision of a country, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
(a) That has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
(b) That has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in ORS § 110. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Foreign tribunal: includes a competent authority under the Convention. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Initiating tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Responding state: means a state in which a petition or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of a child is filed or to which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from another state or a foreign country. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States or an Indian nation or tribe. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity or private agency authorized to:
(a) Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
(b) Seek establishment or modification of child support;
(c) Request determination of parentage of a child;
(d) Attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or
(e) Request determination of the controlling child support order. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
- Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that the petition and accompanying documents be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal. [2015 c.298 § 21]