Oregon Legal Research BlogBefore paying for legal forms online (or from a book), check to make sure they are forms the court will accept and to find out if your county or…
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State v Burleson
…Burleson. I blogged about this case on March 4th. The Oregon Supreme Court decided on Friday, 6/1/07, in State v. Burleson (SC S054377): “ The trial court, while correctly…
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Pro Se Litigants:Tenacity, Gumption, and Principle
Not all pro se litigants make it through to an appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court, but some do, like Jim Lubischer and his neighbors in Orenco. The…
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They Had “Access,” But They Didn’t Get Justice (28 GJPLP 321 (2021))
…Minnesota, a custody case came before the district court where both parties were unrepresented …. [See article for description of the authors’ example.] “This case is an example of…
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Oregon Legal Separation Packet: Samples, Not Updated!!
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 one…
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Rotten World of Legal Citation: Link Rot and Reference Rot
…broken links in legal citations, most notably in U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Two articles that discuss this problem in detail are: 1) Raizel Liebler & June Liebert, Something Rotten in…
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How do I file for or respond to a divorce?
…court has forms for. The trick can be finding the right form. The Washington County Circuit Court’s forms page has several “Family Law” forms. Dissolution is the term they use…
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How did we answer that? Contract Law
…greater than can be claimed in Small Claims Court, so we limited our response to resources in Civil Court. Our first suggestion was to start with Nolo press self-help book….
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New Resources for Landlord Tenant Issues in Oregon
The Washington County Circuit Court has posted informational videos about court procedures for evictions. These are short videos available in English and Spanish that contain general information about evictions…
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Sailboats Can Be “Floating Homes” in Oregon
…90. The trial court entered FED judgments in favor of plaintiff and supplemental judgments for costs and disbursements, concluding that the RLTA did not apply. The cases were consolidated for…