ORS 109.124

Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 109–109 (302 sections).

Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 82 Or. App. 688 - Gleason v. Michlitsch (1986)

Most recently applied in 339 Or. App. 106 - Davis v. Deen (March 2025)

1979 c.246 §4; 1983 c.762 §1; 1995 c.79 §38; 1995 c.343 §24; 1995 c.514 §18; 1997 c.704 §56; 2005 c.160 §§14,20; 2007 c.454 §3; 2017 c.651 §51; 2025 c.592 §29

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citing decisions per year

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.

As used in ORS 109.124 to 109.171, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Child attending school” has the meaning given that term in ORS 107.108.

(2) “Child born out of wedlock” means a child born to an unmarried person or to a married person by another person who is not the person’s spouse.

(3) “Respondent” may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following persons:

(a) A child’s alleged genetic parent;

(b) A child’s presumed parent;

(c) The person who gave or will give birth to the child, if the child was conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement;

(d) The parent who gave or will give birth to the child;

(e) The child’s intended parent, if the child was conceived by assisted reproduction, other than under a gestational surrogacy agreement; or

(f) The duly appointed and acting guardian of the child or conservator of the child’s estate.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.