HB 3322
Creates a procedure for a minor who is at least 14 years old to intervene and move the court to suspend or terminate the parenting time of parent against whom the Department of Human Services has substantiated an allegation of abuse.
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Session
2025 Regular Session
Committee
Early Childhood and Human Services
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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Bill overview
This bill allows a minor who is 14 years or older to ask a court to change their parenting time arrangement if the Department of Human Services has found evidence of abuse against their parent. The court can suspend or terminate the parent’s parenting time if it determines that doing so is in the child’s best interest, after considering testimony from a child welfare caseworker and potentially the child themselves. The court will also require the parent to demonstrate that the issues leading to the suspension or termination have been resolved before granting future parenting time.
Key provisions
- A 14-year-old or older child can file a motion to intervene in a parenting time order.
- The court can suspend or terminate parenting time if the Department of Human Services has substantiated abuse allegations.
- The court must hear testimony from a Department of Human Services caseworker.
- The court may hear testimony from the child and other children in the household, excluding the child’s parents if it’s in the child’s best interest.
- The court must allow attorneys to attend conferences and question the child.
- The court cannot grant future parenting time to a parent until the reasons for suspension or termination are resolved.
- The bill amends ORS chapter 109 to include these procedures.
Who is affected
- Minors (14 years or older)
- Parents subject to parenting time orders
- Department of Human Services
- Courts
- Child welfare systems
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