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Child Support moving from CA to OR, CAS question

Child is 17.5 and moving from CA to

OR. Original divorce/support order is

in CA and terminates child support at

18.

What happens if CP files to move

support order from CA to OR? Can

child ask for CAS if support order is

not moved by 18th birthday? What

is CAS based on? Is it generally more

or less than child support?

CP is claiming she was laid off (but

we are suspicious she quit to join

boyfriend). How does OR compute

income for a laid off/voluntarily

unemployed CP with history of apx

$60k+/year income?

If cs is moved, and a CAS clause is

included, how can we try to phrase it

so we have more control over the

money used for college? Our original

plan was to pay college costs directly,

pay no more than half costs, require

son to have a part-time job, maintain

a 2.5+ average, give us access to

records, and the ability to stop

payments any time we wanted

(based on parental discretion and

judgement).

How can we ensure the CP is equally

required to pay for college? Why is

the NCP the only one that must pay?


Asked on 12/21/08, 11:01 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Lawrence D. Gorin, Atty. Law Offices of Lawrence Gorin

Re: Child Support moving from CA to OR, CAS question

Duration of child support is controlled by the law of the issuing state. Calif law provides for support to age 18. A CA support order cannot be modified by an Oregon court to go beyond what CA law allows. So Oregon cannot modify the CA order so as ot provide for CAS support.

LAWRENCE D. GORIN

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Portland, Oregon 97201

Telephone: 503.224.8884

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Answered on 12/22/08, 7:31 pm


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