Oregon court rules & publisher orders

SLR 8.101 — Mandatory Education for Parents - ORS 3.425

Crook, Jefferson County Supplementary Local Rules (2026) · physical PDF page 19–20 · 2026

8.101 Mandatory Education for Parents - ORS 3.425

(1) The following cases are subject to this rule: annulment or dissolution of marriage
actions, legal separation actions, petitions to establish custody or parenting time,
and post-judgment litigation involving custody or parenting time.

(2) All parties, where the interest of a child under the age of 18 years is involved, must
successfully complete the education for parents program offered by the court
designated providers or an on-line program approved by another Oregon Court.
Parties must register for one of the local approved programs or an approved
Oregon on-line program or file a motion for approval of an alternate program within
14 days of receiving notice of this education requirement.  All parties must complete
the program before the initial pretrial conference.

(3) Notice and instructions to the petitioner of the requirement that the parties complete
the education program or alternative education program will be provided by the Trial
Court Administrator when the petition is filed.  Petitioner, when serving the
respondent with the petition, must also include a copy of the Trial Court
Administrator’s notice.  The petitioner’s return of service on the respondent must
indicate service of the notice with the summons and petition.

(4) Each party must pay a fee determined by the program provider to cover program
costs.  The fee may be waived if the party presents a verified affidavit of indigency
to the court, and the party meets indigency guidelines.

(5) Each person who successfully completes the court’s program or the pre-approved
alternative program must present a certificate of completion to the judge at the
pretrial conference.

(6) Upon a showing of good cause, a party may request a waiver of this rule.  The
request must be made by motion, supported by affidavit or declaration, and filed
within 14 days of receipt of the Trial Court Administrator’s notice.  Parties in post
judgment matters must provide proof that they attended the class previously in
order to seek relief from this rule.

(7) C ourt action on a petition will not be delayed by a party’s refusal or delay in
Page 20 of 29
Reissued:  February 1, 2026
22nd Judicial District
Crook/Jefferson Counties
completing the program unless the non-complying party is the petitioner or the
moving party.  Upon a party’s failure to successfully complete the education
program pursuant to this rule, the assigned judge may take appropriate action
including, but not limited to, proceedings for contempt.

CHAPTER 9 – PROBATE AND ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS

Open publisher PDF at this page ↗

Machine-extracted PDF text, unreviewed.

Captured 2026-10-18T22:30:41.802948+00:00 · 2026 SLR publisher source, retrieved 2026-10-18; later amendments and case orders require separate verification

Stored circuit-court rule excerpt. Read the complete rule, exceptions, current publisher version and actual case orders; applicability and deadlines are not established.