Chapter 87 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

HB 2232

Relating to address of record for support enforcement; amending ORS 25.085.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 25.085 is amended to read:

25.085. (1) In any proceeding under ORS 25.080 service of legal documents upon an obligee may be by regular mail to the address at which the obligee receives public assistance as defined in ORS 411.010, or to an address provided by an obligee on the obligee's application for child support enforcement services, or to any other address given by the obligee[, provided that the address has been provided by the obligee within the six months immediately preceding]. When service is authorized by regular mail under this section, proof of service may be by notation upon the computerized case record made by the person making the mailing. The notation shall set forth the address to which the documents were mailed, the date they were mailed, the description of the documents mailed and the name of the person making the notation. If the documents are returned by the postal service as undeliverable as addressed, that fact shall be noted on the computerized case record. If no new address for service by regular mail can be obtained, service shall be by certified mail, return receipt requested or by personal service upon the obligee.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 416 or ORS 110.300 to 110.441, when a case is referred to this state by a public child support agency of another state for action in this state, there is no requirement that an obligee, present in the initiating state and receiving child support enforcement services from that state, be served in any action taken in this state as a consequence of the interstate referral. In such cases the requirement to serve the obligee that would otherwise apply is satisfied by sending to the initiating agency in the other state, by regular mail, any documents that would otherwise be served upon the obligee.

(3) The appropriate child support agency of the state shall make any mailings to or service upon the obligee that is required by this section.

Approved by the Governor April 23, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State April 23, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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