Marriage is a civil contract entered into in person by males at least 18 years of age and females at least 18 years of age, who are otherwise capable, and solemnized in accordance with ORS 106.150.
ORS 106.010
Known as the Oregon Family Fairness Act
The act spans §§ 106–106 (43 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 157 Or. App. 502 - Tanner v. Oregon Health Sciences University (1998)
Most recently applied in Sato v. Hanlon (In re Hanlon) (August 2016)
Amended by 1965 c.422 §1; 1975 c.583 §1; 2025 c.224 §1
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.