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SLR 8.013 — Mandatory Parent Education Program

Jackson County Supplementary Local Rules (2026) · physical PDF page 19–20 · 2026

8.013 Mandatory Parent Education Program
(1)  Jackson County has established a Parent Education program of the type
authorized by ORS 3.425. All parties involved in a case that includes a child
under the age of 17 years shall successfully complete a court-approved Co-
Parenting Education Program. The program provides information on the impact
of family restructuring on children to each person named as a party in the
following types of proceedings involving minor children:
(a) annulment or dissolution;

(b) legal separation;

(c) petition to establish custody or parenting time; and

(d) post-judgment litigation involving custody or parenting time.

(2) Each party who files an appearance in a proceeding of the types described
above shall complete the Parent Education program prior to entry of judgment.
However, if a party filing a post judgment motion to modify involving custody or
parenting time has previously filed a Parenting Education Program completion
certificate with the court, that party shall not be required to complete the Parent
Education Program a second time.

(3) A final judgment shall not be entered in the proceeding until each party who has
filed an appearance has attended the Parent Education program and has filed a
Certificate of Completion with the court unless otherwise waived by the court.

(4) A statement of the requirements of this local rule and instructions on how to
attend the program shall be served by the initiating party on all parties against
whom relief is sought. Service shall be completed in the manner provided in
ORCP 7 at the time the initiating documents are served.

(5) The clerk shall provide a statement of the requirements of this rule to the
initiating party for service upon all parties against whom relief is sought, together
with a statement describing the program, including contact telephone numbers
and addresses.

Effective February 1, 2026
JUDICIAL DISTRICT 1 (JACKSON COUNTY) SUPPLEMENTARY RULES                                                                                         Page 20 of 42
(6) The program provider shall issue a certificate of completion to the court when the
participant has completed the program.

(7) The court may exempt one or both parties from the program if, after reviewing
the requesting party’s motion and supporting affidavit(s), the court determines
that the participation is unnecessary or inappropriate or the parties select and
participate in comparable education programs with prior approval of the court.

(8) The court shall actively promote each party’s completion of the program. Failure
or refusal to complete the program in a timely manner shall be considered by the
court in making its ruling on issues which are in dispute.

(9) A party who has completed the program shall have the right, as set forth in
UTCR 1.090(2), to:

(a) request the pleadings of a party who has appeared be stricken if that party
has not completed the program in a timely manner without good reason;
and

(b) request entry of an order from the court to compel the non-complying party’s
completion of the program should the non-complying party have appeared
and not completed the program in a timely manner without good reason.
The court may enter an award of attorney fees in favor of the complying
party who utilizes this option to force the non-complying party’s compliance
with this rule.

(10) Court action on a petition shall not be delayed by a party’s refusal or delay in
completing the program unless the non-complying party has appeared in the
proceeding.

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