Compress Legal Oregon Personal Forms For Free

Ing to the Oregon State Bar Association, each party is currently subject to a $273 filing fee for a divorce or custody case. Moving forward, there's the cost of serving your soon-to-be former spouse with divorce papers. You can hire an outside process server to accomplish this.

Even more quick and cheap is the special Short-Form Summary Dissolution. This allows you to get divorced without requiring even a court appearance. In order to get a Short-Form Summary Dissolution, you must meet all the requirements: One or both spouses must have lived in Oregon for the past six months.

Will it take me long to get a divorce? An uncontested divorce (where you and your spouse agree about the terms of the divorce) can be final about three months after the divorce petition is filed and delivered to your spouse. You may be able to reduce this time if the judge thinks you have a very good reason.

After you file the paperwork, your divorce can become final in a matter of days. That said, it usually sits in a stack waiting for a judge to sign it, which may take weeks.

In Oregon, a marriage of less than 10 years is considered a short-term marriage, and a marriage of more than 10 years is considered a long-term marriage. This label does not necessarily have any impacts on your divorce settlement.

One type of temporary order is called a Status Quo Order. This order prevents either parent from changing the children's normal schedules, interfering with parenting time of the other parent, or changing where the children live. This does not decide custody or who can make major decisions for the children.