107.137. ����� (2) In any proceeding under this section, the court may cause an investigation, examination or evaluation to be made under ORS 107.425 or may appoint an individual or a panel or may de

107.137.

����� (2) In any proceeding under this section, the court may cause an investigation, examination or evaluation to be made under ORS 107.425 or may appoint an individual or a panel or may designate a program to assist the court in creating parenting plans or resolving disputes regarding parenting time and to assist parents in creating and implementing parenting plans under ORS 107.425 (3). [Formerly 109.175]

����� 109.165 [1969 c.619 �6; 1973 c.827 �12i; 1989 c.812 �8; 1997 c.704 �58; 1997 c.707 �22; 2001 c.203 �8; 2003 c.116 �10; 2003 c.419 �3; 2003 c.576 �141; 2015 c.298 �95; 2021 c.597 �65; 2025 c.592 �34; renumbered 109.158 in 2025]

����� 109.167 Notice to Center for Health Statistics after petition filed; filing notice. (1) After filing a petition described in ORS 109.125 and 109.135, the petitioner shall cause the Center for Health Statistics of the Oregon Health Authority to be served by mail with a notice setting forth the court in which the petition was filed, the date of the filing therein, the case number, the full name and address of the child, the date and place of the child�s birth, or if the child is not yet born, the date and place of the child�s conception and the probable date of the child�s birth, the full names and addresses of the child�s alleged genetic parent and the parent who gave or will give birth to the child, and the names and addresses of the petitioner and of the respondents in the proceedings.

����� (2) The Center for Health Statistics shall file immediately the notice, or a copy thereof, with the record of the birth of the child or in the same manner as its filing of records of birth if the center does not have a record of the birth. The center shall only provide the information contained in the notice to persons whose names appear in the notice or to persons or agencies showing a legitimate interest in the parent-child relationship including, but not limited to, parties to adoption, juvenile court or heirship proceedings. [Formerly 109.225]

����� 109.169 Legality of contract between parents of child born out of wedlock. Any contract between a parent who gave birth to a child and the child�s alleged genetic parent is a legal contract, and the admission by the alleged genetic parent of parentage of the child is sufficient consideration to support the contract. [Formerly 109.230]

����� 109.170 [Repealed by 1969 c.619 �15]

����� 109.171 Records open to public. Records of proceedings to adjudicate the parentage of a child�s alleged genetic parent filed in circuit court shall be open for inspection by any person without order of the court. [Formerly 109.231]

����� 109.173 Attorney fees. In any proceeding brought to modify or compel compliance with an order of the court issued under ORS 109.124 to 109.171, the court may render judgment awarding to a party, or directly to the party�s attorney, a sum of money determined to be reasonable as an attorney fee and costs and expenses of suit, which judgment may include expert witness fees, in preparation for and at trial and on appeal. [Formerly 109.237]

����� Note: 109.173 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 109 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

����� 109.175 [1983 c.761 �11; 1985 c.671 �42; 1995 c.608 �4; 1999 c.59 �25; 1999 c.569 �8; 2001 c.833 �3; 2005 c.160 ��15,21; 2017 c.651 �25; 2025 c.592 �35; renumbered 109.161 in 2025]

����� 109.180 [Repealed by 1969 c.619 �15]

(Genetic Testing)

����� 109.181 Definitions for ORS 109.181 to 109.203. As used in ORS 109.181 to 109.203:

����� (1) �Combined relationship index� means the product of all tested relationship indices.

����� (2) �Ethnic or racial group� means, for the purpose of genetic testing, a recognized group that an individual identifies as the individual�s ancestry or part of the individual�s ancestry or that is identified by other information.

����� (3) �Hypothesized genetic relationship� means an asserted genetic relationship between an individual and a child.

����� (4) �Probability of parentage� means, for the ethnic or racial group to which an individual alleged to be a parent belongs, the probability that a hypothesized genetic relationship is supported, compared to the probability that a genetic relationship is supported between the child and a random individual of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship, expressed as a percentage incorporating the combined relationship index and a prior probability.

����� (5) �Relationship index� means a likelihood ratio that compares the probability of a genetic marker given a hypothesized genetic relationship and the probability of the genetic marker given a genetic relationship between the child and a random individual of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship. [2025 c.592 �39]

����� 109.182 Scope; limitation on use of genetic testing. (1) ORS 109.181 to 109.203 govern genetic testing of an individual in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, whether the individual:

����� (a) Voluntarily submits to testing; or

����� (b) Is tested under an order of the court or a child support agency.

����� (2) Genetic testing may not be used:

����� (a) Except as provided in ORS 109.238 (3), to challenge the parentage of a child who was conceived by assisted reproduction, including under a gestational surrogacy agreement; or

����� (b) To establish a donor�s parentage of a child who was conceived by assisted reproduction. [2025 c.592 �40]

����� 109.184 Authority to order or deny genetic testing. (1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 109.181 to