Legal self-help is a bit of a crap-shoot unless you have official (i.e. court sanctioned and current) legal forms or the guiding hand of an attorney, but sometimes…
Oregon is a common law property state, so what happens when you move here from a community property state and you want to preserve your community property rights?…
Note: I use the term “temporary” marriage below instead of “short-term” marriage because the latter is how marriages of very short duration are described and labeled in some courts….
“Asset Searches in Dissolutions of Marriage,” by Ann Richards & R.T. Tavey, in the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Family Law Newsletter, June 2008, pp. 1-3. (These useful newsletters…
We get regular requests for the Kid’s Turn phone number, so here it is: 503- 846-0665. This is a parenting program used in Washington County (Oregon). You can…
Shlep has a post (from 12/18) with lots of good links on the subject, “holiday hell week at family courts.” Let’s hope not, but … prepare for some…
…A New Kind of Custody Battle , by Justice William W. Bedsworth: Excerpt: “… And the adults you see in divorce court are usually going…
…to spread cheap reprints of popular sheet music. In the 1950s, a pirate music label named Jolly Roger issued recordings by Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats from LP’s that…
We’re pleased, and very excited, to announce that our new, collaborative, Oregon county law libraries Oregon Legal Research website went live last week. And what a journey it has…
…Music Died, on BBC News. Excerpts: “In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools, such as those used by Wikipedia,…
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