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- The Petition for Dissolution of Marriage is the initial document filed with the Oregon court. It is in this document that the filing spouse will request the court to terminate the marriage under certain specified grounds.
- Oregon is of the few states to enforce the Covenant Marriage law: The proposed law, Senate Bill 1215, is modeled after two laws on the books in Louisiana and Arizona.
- Oregon has no-fault and fault-based divorce laws.
- No-fault includes irreconcilable differences while fault grounds include fraud, duress, and incapacitation.
- The concept is straightforward: couples can seek a "covenant marriage" that requires that they meet with either a religious or secular counselor before they marry and also before they divorce.
- Oregon only permits no fault divorce, based either on an irreconcilable differences type standard or mutual consent.
- Both parties in a divorce in the state of Oregon may work out an agreement before trial, either alone or with the help of an attorney or mediator.
- Parties will need to prepare a document called a stipulated judgment (a court order) that sets out the agreement.
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