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Or. Rev. Stat. § 109.010 (2026)

Duty of support

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      109.010 Duty of support. Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; and children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 45 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1957–2023 · leading case: Matter of Marriage of Haxton & Haxton, 705 P.2d 721 (Or. 1985).
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Matter of Marriage of Haxton & Haxton, 705 P.2d 721 (Or. 1985). · cites it 18× “The issue is whether ORS 109.010 provides a cause of action for support against his parent for an adult who is mentally handicapped to the extent that his handicap prevents him from securing employment.”
State v. Moreno-Hernandez, 442 P.3d 1092 (Or. 2019). · cites it 2× “This rule is consistent with ORS 109.010 which places responsibility *1099 on the parents to maintain their children, and with ORS 109.”
Burnette v. Wahl, 588 P.2d 1105 (Or. 1978). · cites it 4× “She has failed in violation of ORS 109.010[ [1] ] to maintain plaintiff, who, due to * * * age and indigency, is poor and unable to work to maintain * * * self.”
Van Daam v. Hegstrom, 744 P.2d 269 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 8× “[1] The state has sought to enforce plaintiffs' statutory obligation to support their children, ORS 109.010, by charging them for the care of the children while they are in secure custody.”
Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hosp., 652 P.2d 318 (Or. 1982). · cites it 2× “, ORS 109.010 (mutual duties of support), ORS 163.”
Vaughn v. Vaughn, 481 P.3d 932 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 9× “, Daughter, an adult, appeals a judgment dismissing her petition under ORS 109.010 for support from father, a resident of Nebraska, after the trial court granted father’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.”
State Ex Rel. Adult & Fam. Servs. Div. v. Bradley, 666 P.2d 249 (Or. 1983). · cites it 2× “ORS 109.010, 7 109.100. 8 We have no occasion to consider whether some lesser support right may be constitutionally “adequate.”
State Ex Rel. Adult & Fam. Servs. Div. v. Lester, 608 P.2d 588 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 5× “789(2) 4 to initiate proceedings for *393 an order of support under ORS 109.010, which provides: «* * * Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to support themselves * * * » It is true that ORS 23.”
Smith v. Smith, 626 P.2d 342 (Or. 1981). “ORS 109.010; 109.030. ORS 107.105(l)(b) provides that the court has the power to decree "for the recovery from the party not allowed the care and custody of such children, or from either party or both parties if joint custody is decreed, such amount of money, in gross or in…”
Omlie Et Ux v. Hunt, 316 P.2d 528 (Or. 1957). · cites it 2× “ORS 109.010. The fact that the grandparents gave the children a home and maintenance did not excuse Hunt's neglect.”
Matter of Ince v. Bates, 558 P.2d 1253 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 4× “ORS 109.010 imposes a duty upon all parents to provide for the support and maintenance of their children.”
Does 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 v. State, 993 P.2d 822 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “See generally ORS 109.010 (concerning duties owed by parent to child).”
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