Oregon SB 1107: Relating to parenting time in family law proceedings.

Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1107
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (at the request of Jason Gearhart)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act says that there is a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the
best interests of the child. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Creates a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child.
Requires clear and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to parenting time in family law proceedings; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
107.095, 107.101, 107.102, 107.105 and 107.149.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 107.101 is amended to read:
107.101. It is the policy of this state to:
(1) Assure minor children of frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the
ability to act in the best interests of the child;
(2) Encourage such parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of raising their children
after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage;
(3) Encourage parents to develop their own parenting plan with the assistance of legal and me-
diation professionals, if necessary;
(4) Grant parents and courts the widest discretion in developing a parenting plan; [and]
(5) Consider the best interests of the child and the safety of the parties in developing a parent-
ing plan[.]; and
(6) Presume, subject to rebuttal, that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the
child.
SECTION 2. ORS 107.102 is amended to read:
107.102. (1) In any proceeding to establish or modify a judgment providing for parenting time
with a child, except for matters filed under ORS 107.700 to 107.735, there shall be developed and
filed with the court a parenting plan to be included in the judgment. A parenting plan may be either
general or detailed.
(2) A general parenting plan may include a general outline of how parental responsibilities and
parenting time will be shared and may allow the parents to develop a more detailed agreement on
an informal basis. However, a general parenting plan must set forth the minimum amount of par-
enting time and access a noncustodial parent is entitled to have.
(3) A detailed parenting plan may include, but need not be limited to, provisions relating to:
(a) Residential schedule;
(b) Holiday, birthday and vacation planning;
(c) Weekends, including holidays, and school in-service days preceding or following weekends;
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4350

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(d) Decision-making and responsibility;
(e) Information sharing and access;
(f) Relocation of parents;
(g) Telephone access;
(h) Transportation; and
(i) Methods for resolving disputes.
(4) In addition to the provisions listed in subsection (3) of this section, a detailed parenting plan
may include one or both of the following requirements:
(a) That the custodial parent notify the noncustodial parent regarding specified matters con-
cerning the child.
(b) That the custodial parent provide the noncustodial parent with an opportunity to comment
regarding specified matters concerning the child.
(5)(a) The court shall develop a detailed parenting plan when:
(A) So requested by either parent; or
(B) The parent or parents are unable to develop a parenting plan.
(b) In developing a parenting plan under this subsection[,]:
(A) The court may consider only the best interests of the child and the safety of the parties[.];
and
(B) It is presumed, unless rebutted by clear and convincing evidence by the parent chal-
lenging the presumption, that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child.
[(c) In developing a parenting plan under this subsection, the court may order equal parenting time.
If a parent requests that the court order equal parenting time in the parenting plan, the court may deny
the request if the court determines, by written findings, that equal parenting time is not in the best in-
terests of the child or endangers the safety of the parties.]
SECTION 3. ORS 107.095 is amended to read:
107.095. (1) After the commencement of a suit for marital annulment, dissolution or separation
and until a general judgment therein, the court may provide as follows:
(a) That a party pay to the other party such amount of money as may be necessary to enable
the othe