Oregon Statutes 25.010 – Definitions for support enforcement laws
As used in ORS § 25.501 to 25.556 and ORS chapters 25, 107 and 109 and any other statutes providing for support payments or support enforcement procedures, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 25.010
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(1) ‘Administrator’ means either the Administrator of the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice or a district attorney, or the administrator’s or a district attorney’s authorized representative.
(2) ‘Attorney’ includes an associate member of the Oregon State Bar practicing law within the member’s approved scope of practice.
(3) ‘Child’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 110.503.
(4) ‘Child support rights’ means the right to establish or enforce an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support, including but not limited to medical support as defined in ORS § 25.321 and an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
(5) ‘Department’ means the Department of Justice.
(6) ‘Disposable income’ means that part of the income of an individual remaining after the deduction from the income of any amounts required to be withheld by law except laws enforcing spousal or child support and any amounts withheld to pay medical or dental insurance premiums.
(7) ‘Employer’ means any entity or individual who engages an individual to perform work or services for which compensation is given in periodic payments or otherwise.
(8) ‘Income’ is any monetary obligation in excess of $4.99 after the fee described in ORS § 25.414 (6) has been deducted that is in the possession of a third party owed to a person and includes but is not limited to:
(a) Compensation paid or payable for personal services whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise;
(b) Periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program;
(c) Cash dividends arising from stocks, bonds or mutual funds;
(d) Interest payments;
(e) Periodic payments from a trust account;
(f) Any program or contract to provide substitute wages during times of unemployment or disability;
(g) Any payment pursuant to ORS Chapter 657; or
(h) Amounts payable to independent contractors.
(9) ‘Obligee’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 110.503.
(10) ‘Obligor’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 110.503.
(11) ‘Order to withhold’ means an order or other legal process that requires a withholder to withhold support from the income of an obligor.
(12) ‘Public assistance’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 25.501.
(13) ‘Withholder’ means any person who disburses income and includes but is not limited to an employer, conservator, trustee or insurer of the obligor. [Formerly 23.760; 1991 c.362 § 1; 1993 c.798 § 4; 1995 c.608 § 1; 1997 c.704 § 13; 1999 c.80 § 1; 2001 c.334 § 2; 2001 c.455 § 1; 2003 c.572 § 2; 2005 c.560 § 1; 2009 c.351 § 4; 2015 c.298 § 85; 2019 c.13 § 5; 2019 c.291 § 1; 2023 c.72 § 44]