ORS 25.010: Definitions for child support laws.

As used in ORS chapters 25, 107 and 109 and any other statutes providing for support payments or child support procedures, unless the context requires otherwise: (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 licensee of the Oregon State Bar practicing law within the licensee’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) “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. (6) “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. (7) “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. (8) “Obligee” has the meaning given that term in ORS 110.503. (9) “Obligor” has the meaning given that term in ORS 110.503. (10) “Order to withhold” means an order or other legal process that requires a withholder to withhold support from the income of an obligor. (11)(a) “Public assistance” means any money payments made by the state that are paid to or for the benefit of any dependent child, including but not limited to payments made so that food, shelter, medical care, clothing, transportation or other necessary goods, services or items may be provided, and payments made in compensation for the provision of the necessities. (b) “Public assistance” does not include money payments made by the state to or for the benefit of a dependent child as the result of the child’s removal from the parent’s home against the wishes of the parent, if the Department of Human Services determines after completion of a child protective services assessment that the report of abuse is unfounded according to rules adopted by the department. (12) “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; 2025 c.32 §69; 2025 c.99 §5]