{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-110.560","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 110.560","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency; reasonable efforts required for registration of orders.","body":"(1) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.\n      (2) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n      (a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n      (b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;\n      (c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n      (d) Within seven days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n      (e) Within seven days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n      (f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n      (3) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n      (a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n      (b) If two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n      (4) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n      (5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to ORS 110.591.\n      (6) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","11. Domestic Relations","Chapter 110 — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors110.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"f6b19dde31fad8b53078553ae426961948aecbcf9bfe13e39e7f099d0ce920ea","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-110.557","next":"us-or/ors-110.563"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}