Legal Question in Family Law in Oregon

Remarriage and child support

My ex and I have a very odd custody situation. We agreed on joint, legal and physical custody of our boys with the children spending every other week at each parents. This is complicatd by the fact that I waived cs as to not suffer from the bad feeling that my ex would harbor from having to give (me) $. I would now like to pursue a mod. and establish cs per Or. guidelines.

I am getting remarried to a doctor with only a few years in pp and many expenses of his own. We have never comingled our finances and live very modestly. My ex makes about $80,000 a year vs my $20,000.

My ex now states that if I proceed with the cs mod. that it will be me that will be paying him $600+ a mo. I cannot afford to retain an atty. only to find out I would have to pay ex and had have new spouse responsible for my boys. What is the law in Or.?


Asked on 10/28/02, 6:31 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lawrence D. Gorin, Atty. Law Offices of Lawrence Gorin

Remarriage and child support

To learn about Oregon child support law, go to the website for the Oregon Division of Child Support.

The website is:

http://dcs.state.or.us/

You can also input your income figures into the on-line Oregoin child support calculator and see what kind of results you get.

The website is:

http://dcs.state.or.us/calculator/

You will also find a lot of helpful information at the website for the Oregon Judicial Department.

The website is:

http://www.ojd.state.or.us/familylaw

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Answered on 10/29/02, 4:27 am


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