Uncontested Divorce Petition + Decree Filing Packet - Oregon

OREGON UNCONTESTED DISSOLUTION PREPARATION COMPANION

Use current OJD forms. “Uncontested” describes the parties' agreement or lack of opposition; it is not one universal Oregon form. A case still requires the correct initiating papers and an entered general judgment.

Choose the Filing Route

Route A — Co-Petitioners Without Children Under 21

Use the filing court's current co-petition packet when both spouses begin the case together and have no children together under age 21. Current OJD materials list a co-petition, Record of Dissolution, statutory-restraining-order notice, confidential-information forms, declaration supporting judgment, and stipulated general judgment as principal documents.

☐ Route A appears applicable.

Route B — One Petitioner, Later Stipulation or No Opposition

One spouse files the petition and completes the required service. The other may accept service, respond, waive further appearance where an official form and law permit, or stipulate to the proposed judgment. Use the filing court's current packet; do not substitute a paragraph in this companion for an official summons, acceptance, waiver, response, or proof of service.

☐ Route B appears applicable.

Route C — Children Under 21

Use the current with-children route. A child who is 18, 19, or 20 may be a necessary party until age 21. Child-related filings can require UCCJEA information, a parenting plan, guideline worksheets, medical-support provisions, safety findings, confidential-information forms, and notices to public agencies or adult children.

☐ Route C appears applicable.

Route D — Summary Dissolution

ORS 107.485 and 107.490 create a separate, narrow summary route. Use a current official summary-dissolution packet and recheck every statutory eligibility condition on the filing date. Do not rely on old internet checklists or the ordinary dissolution forms.

☐ Route D requires current eligibility review.

1. Core Jurisdiction and Filing Facts

Date of marriage: [__/__/____]

Place of marriage: [________________________________]

Date of separation, if relevant: [__/__/____]

Proposed filing county: [________________________________] County, Oregon

For an ordinary dissolution based on irreconcilable differences, ORS 107.075 requires at least one spouse to be a resident of or domiciled in Oregon when the case begins and continuously for the preceding six months. ORS 107.086 permits filing only in a county where Petitioner or Respondent resides.

Qualifying spouse and six-month facts: [________________________________]

County-residence facts: [________________________________]

Ground: Irreconcilable differences have caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage under ORS 107.025.

2. Children, Pregnancy, and Other Cases

Children together under age 21:

Pregnancy and parentage facts: [________________________________]

Other pending domestic-relations or support proceeding: [________________________________]

Existing support order: [________________________________]

Existing protective, no-contact, or restraining order: [________________________________]

Do not state that Oregon is the UCCJEA home state merely because the dissolution is filed here. Complete the official child-jurisdiction history and obtain legal advice for interstate facts.

3. Agreement and Disclosure Screen

The parties agree on:

☐ dissolution of the marriage;

☐ all real property;

☐ personal property and vehicles;

☐ bank and investment accounts;

☐ retirement and employment benefits;

☐ all debts and creditor issues;

☐ spousal support and related life insurance;

☐ taxes;

☐ children, custody, parenting time, support, and safety issues, if any;

☐ attorney fees and court costs; and

☐ former-name restoration, if requested.

Issues not fully resolved: [________________________________]

ORS 107.089 creates a document-exchange process when a party is served with a copy of that statute as provided in ORS 107.088. Do not state that every listed disclosure automatically becomes due merely because a dissolution was filed. Regardless of that mechanism, a sound settlement requires complete financial investigation and the court must require full asset disclosure when making a just property division under ORS 107.105.

Documents exchanged and dates: [________________________________]

4. Official Initiating-Document Checklist

Confirm the actual list in the current packet for the selected route and county.

☐ petition or co-petition;

☐ summons when required;

☐ Record of Dissolution, Annulment, or Registered Domestic Partnership;

☐ Notice of Statutory Restraining Order Preventing Dissipation of Assets;

☐ Confidential Information Form for each required person;

☐ Notice of Filing of Confidential Information Form;

☐ fee payment or current application for fee deferral or waiver;

☐ child-jurisdiction, parenting-plan, support-calculation, and necessary-party documents if children are involved;

☐ public-agency notices when required; and

☐ other county-specific filing: [________________________________].

Official packet URL or court source used: [________________________________]

Packet revision date: [________________________________]

5. Statutory Restraining Order — Ordinary Dissolution

Under ORS 107.093, an ordinary dissolution filing triggers the prescribed asset-and-insurance restraining order. The petitioner is bound upon filing; the respondent is bound upon service of the summons and petition. Use the OJD-prescribed notice attached to the summons.

The statute addresses:

☐ canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing specified insurance coverage to lapse;

☐ changing covered parties or beneficiaries under specified insurance policies;

☐ transferring, encumbering, concealing, or disposing of property outside allowed categories;

☐ extraordinary expenditures without the required notice and accounting; and

☐ exercising specified agency or health-decision authority for the other party unless the instrument provides otherwise.

The ORS 107.093 order is not a generic child-relocation order. Child-residence and schedule concerns use separate statutes, orders, and parenting-plan procedures.

6. Settlement-to-Judgment Checklist

A private settlement does not itself dissolve the marriage. Translate every enforceable term into the proposed general judgment and any required exhibit or separate order.

Property and Debts

☐ full legal description for transferred real property;

☐ title, sale, possession, refinance, and recording terms;

☐ itemized personal-property and vehicle awards;

☐ account identifiers and valuation dates;

☐ retirement plan treatment and any plan-specific domestic relations order;

☐ debt allocations, reimbursement terms, and creditor nonbinding warning;

☐ money-award section completed accurately; and

☐ transfer deadlines and responsible preparers.

Spousal Support

☐ no support, or each award identified as transitional, compensatory, or maintenance;

☐ amount, due date, beginning date, ending date, and payment channel;

☐ factual factors supporting the category;

☐ life-insurance terms, if any; and

☐ modification or ending terms reviewed under the judgment and ORS 107.105 and 107.135.

Children

☐ custody request consistent with ORS 107.169 if joint custody is proposed;

☐ complete parenting plan;

☐ current guideline calculation and any rebuttal findings;

☐ medical support, insurance, childcare, and uninsured-expense terms;

☐ required statutory notices and safety provisions; and

☐ adult child signatures, participation, service, or waiver as current law requires.

7. Service or Joint-Filing Tracking

Route: ☐ co-petition ☐ service on respondent ☐ other [________________________________]

Filing date: [__/__/____]

Documents filed: [________________________________]

Documents served: [________________________________]

Service method authorized for this case: [________________________________]

Service completed: [__/__/____]

Proof, acceptance, response, waiver, or stipulation filed: [__/__/____]

Do not use ordinary mail, email, or eService as initial service merely because it appears in a generic certificate. Follow the official route, ORCP 7, and any court order.

8. Documents to Finish an Agreed Case

Current OJD no-children co-petition materials identify these principal finishing documents:

☐ Declaration Supporting Stipulated General Judgment;

☐ Stipulated General Judgment of Dissolution;

☐ legal-description exhibit for any real property transfer;

☐ money-award information;

☐ retirement or other separate implementation orders;

☐ child-related judgment attachments if applicable;

☐ Certificate of Readiness or other judgment-submission statement required by current forms and UTCR 5.100; and

☐ other local document: [________________________________].

ORS 107.095(4) permits judgment on a current affidavit or ORCP 1 E declaration in specified default, waiver, co-petitioner, or stipulated circumstances when the case is otherwise ready. Use the official declaration rather than the former generic affidavit text.

9. Proposed Judgment Quality Review

Before submission, confirm:

☐ party names and labels match every filing;

☐ the case number appears on every required page;

☐ findings track the petition and evidence;

☐ no relief exceeds what was requested and properly served unless procedure permits it;

☐ every agreed property and debt term appears in the judgment;

☐ the court, not the parties' private document, grants dissolution;

☐ money awards contain creditor, debtor, amount, interest, and payment information;

☐ support terms contain all required dates and categories;

☐ child terms and attachments are complete;

☐ confidential information is not placed in public fields;

☐ every required party signed or received the process required by law; and

☐ the judge signs and the judgment is entered before either party treats the marriage as dissolved.

10. Summary-Dissolution Screen

Use the current statute and official packet. ORS 107.485 currently includes conditions concerning jurisdiction, children and pregnancy, marriage duration, real property, debt, personal-property value, spousal-support waiver, temporary-relief waiver, and other pending domestic-relations suits. The court may require proof of eligibility.

Current official packet obtained from: [________________________________]

Every ORS 107.485 condition checked against current text on: [__/__/____]

Attorney or facilitator review: [________________________________]

If eligibility is uncertain, use the appropriate ordinary dissolution route rather than forcing the case into summary procedure.

11. Post-Entry Checklist

☐ obtain the Notice of Entry and complete entered judgment;

☐ confirm the effective dissolution date from the signed and entered judgment;

☐ record deeds and other real-property instruments;

☐ submit and serve retirement orders as the plan requires;

☐ update titles, accounts, insurance, and estate documents consistently with the judgment and governing law;

☐ implement support payment arrangements;

☐ preserve tax and basis records; and

☐ calendar every transfer, sale, refinance, support, or compliance deadline.

Sources and References

• Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 107 (2025 edition)
• Oregon Judicial Department — Co-Petitioners, No Minor Children Packet (official Columbia County packet)
• Oregon Judicial Department — Response to Petition for Dissolution (official statewide form)
• Oregon Judicial Department — Family Law Forms
• Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (2025 edition)