ORS 110.578: Costs and fees.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney fees, other costs and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee’s witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreign country except as provided by other law. Attorney fees may be taxed as costs and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney’s own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs and expenses. (3) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under ORS 110.605 to 110.641, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change. [2015 c.298 §30]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 137-055-7180: Determining Controlling Order — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 110.605 — resolved
- 110.641 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors110.html