HB3619 • 2025

Provides that a court that issues an order for the custody of a child must issue the order in writing within five days after the ruling.

Children

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Evans
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Provides that a court that issues an order for the custody of a child must issue the order in writing within five days after the ruling.

Digest: The Act says that a child custody order must be made in writing in a short time.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act says that a child custody order must be made in writing in a short time.
The Act says that a court may not name a parenting coordinator unless the parents agree and talk about the cost.
The Act says that when a domestic relations or custody matter is remanded, the first judge may not hear the further proceedings.
(Flesch Readability Score: 66.6).

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-20 House
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-02-18 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act says that a child custody order must be made in writing in a short time. The Act says that a court may not name a parenting coordinator unless the parents agree and talk about the cost. The Act says that when a domestic relations or custody matter is remanded, the first judge may not hear the further proceedings. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.6).
Provides that a court that issues an order for the custody of a child must issue the order in writing within five days after the ruling.
Provides that a court may not appoint a parenting coordinator unless both parents agree after a discussion of costs.
Provides that when a domestic relations or custody matter is remanded to a circuit court, the judge who presided over the initial proceedings may not preside over the further proceedings.
Relating to: Relating to domestic relations.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3619
Sponsored by Representative EVANS
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act says that a child custody order must be made in writing in a short time. The
Act says that a court may not name a parenting coordinator unless the parents agree and talk about
the cost. The Act says that when a domestic relations or custody matter is remanded, the first judge
may not hear the further proceedings. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.6).
Provides that a court that issues an order for the custody of a child must issue the order in
writing within five days after the ruling.
Provides that a court may not appoint a parenting coordinator unless both parents agree after
a discussion of costs.
Provides that when a domestic relations or custody matter is remanded to a circuit court, the
judge who presided over the initial proceedings may not preside over the further proceedings.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to domestic relations.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
A court that issues an order for the custody of a child must issue the order
in writing within five days after the ruling on which the order is based.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding ORS 107.425 (3), a court may not appoint an individual,
panel or program to assist the court in creating a parenting plan or resolving disputes re-
garding parenting time, or to assist parents in creating and implementing parenting plans,
unless both parents agree to the appointment after a discussion of the costs of the services
and the parents’ responsibility for the costs.
SECTION 3.
If a party appeals an order or judgment in a domestic relations suit, as de-
fined in ORS 107.510, or an order for the custody of a child and the appellate court remands
the matter to the circuit court for further proceedings, the judge who presided over the in-
itial proceedings may not preside over the further proceedings.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4234