Oregon Child Support Laws
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There are specific child support guidelines that will determine how much child support should be paid. Child support typically can't be waived by the parents, although a judge might decide this on a case-by-case basis, looking at all factors. If you and your spouse agree to an amount of child support that's different than the guidelines would order, the judge will decide if that amount is in the child's best interests.

 

College Expenses.
The court may order either or both parents to provide child support of an unmarried child, between the ages of 18 and 21, who is a student regularly attending school, community college, college or university, or regularly attending a course of professional or technical training designed to fit the child for gainful employment. The child must be enrolled in an educational course load of at least one-half that determined by the educational facility to constitute "full-time" enrollment.

A child for whom this educational child support has been ordered:

(a) Must maintain the equivalent of a C average or better.
(b) Shall notify a parent paying support when the child ceases to be a child attending school.
(c) Shall submit all information necessary to establish eligibility to receive support, including grades earned and the courses in which the child is enrolled.

If the child fails to comply with any of these requirements, the educational child support will cease.

-From 107.108 of the Oregon Statutes.

 

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Other pages on Oregon laws:
General Oregon Divorce Laws
Alimony Divorce Laws in Oregon
Oregon Child Custody Laws
Oregon Child Support Laws
Oregon Laws on Property Division

 

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This information has been summarized from the Oregon statutes. You can find the full-text version of these and other Oregon divorce statutes online here: Oregon Divorce Laws.