to 107.610 and mediation services under ORS 107.755 to 107.795. The

107.510 to 107.610 and mediation services under ORS 107.755 to 107.795. The county treasurer may charge against the conciliation and mediation accounts the actual costs associated with providing financial reports under this subsection.

����� (2) Each fiscal year, the presiding judge of each judicial district shall provide to the State Court Administrator a financial report showing the fund balance and all expenditures from the conciliation and mediation accounts for the fiscal year.

����� (3) The State Court Administrator may prescribe the format and due dates of the reports required under this section. [2025 c.218 �1]

����� Note: Section 3 (2), chapter 218, Oregon Laws 2025, provides:

����� Sec. 3. (2) The annual reports described in section 1 of this 2025 Act [107.620] are first due on or before July 31, 2026. [2025 c.218 �3(2)]

����� Note: 107.620 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 107 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

FAMILY ABUSE PREVENTION ACT

����� 107.700 Short title. ORS 107.700 to 107.735 shall be known and may be cited as the �Family Abuse Prevention Act.� [1977 c.845 �4; 1995 c.637 �1]

����� 107.705 Definitions for ORS 107.700 to 107.735. As used in ORS 107.700 to 107.735:

����� (1) �Abuse� means the occurrence of one or more of the following acts between family or household members:

����� (a) Attempting to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury.

����� (b) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly placing another in fear of imminent bodily injury.

����� (c) Causing another to engage in involuntary sexual relations by force or threat of force.

����� (2) �Child� means an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age.

����� (3) �Declaration under penalty of perjury� means a declaration under penalty of perjury in the form required by ORCP 1 E.

����� (4) �Family or household members� means any of the following:

����� (a) Spouses.

����� (b) Former spouses.

����� (c) Adult persons related by blood, marriage or adoption.

����� (d) Persons who are cohabiting or who have cohabited with each other.

����� (e) Persons who have been involved in a sexually intimate relationship with each other within two years immediately preceding the filing by one of them of a petition under ORS 107.710.

����� (f) Unmarried parents of a child.

����� (5) �Interfere� means to interpose in a manner that would reasonably be expected to hinder or impede a person in the petitioner�s situation.

����� (6) �Intimidate� means to act in a manner that would reasonably be expected to threaten a person in the petitioner�s situation, thereby compelling or deterring conduct on the part of the person.

����� (7) �Menace� means to act in a manner that would reasonably be expected to threaten a person in the petitioner�s situation.

����� (8) �Molest� means to act, with hostile intent or injurious effect, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to annoy, disturb or persecute a person in the petitioner�s position. [1977 c.845 �5; 1979 c.161 �1; 1981 c.780 �1; 1985 c.629 �1; 1987 c.331 �3; 1987 c.805 �1; 1993 c.643 �1; 1995 c.637 �2; 1997 c.863 �8; 1999 c.617 �6; 1999 c.1052 �12; 2015 c.121 �12]

����� 107.707 Application of Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, ORS 109.701 to 109.834, applies to proceedings under ORS 107.700 to 107.735. [2005 c.536 �5]

����� Note: 107.707 was added to and made a part of 107.700 to 107.735 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

����� 107.710 Petition to circuit court for relief; burden of proof. (1) Any person who has been the victim of abuse within the preceding 180 days may petition the circuit court for relief under ORS 107.700 to 107.735, if the person is in imminent danger of further abuse from the abuser. The person may seek relief by filing a petition with the circuit court alleging that the person is in imminent danger of abuse from the respondent, that the person has been the victim of abuse committed by the respondent within the 180 days preceding the filing of the petition and particularly describing the nature of the abuse and the dates thereof. The abuse must have occurred not more than 180 days before the filing of the petition. The petition must include allegations made under oath or affirmation or a declaration under penalty of perjury. The circuit court shall have jurisdiction over all proceedings under ORS 107.700 to 107.735.

����� (2) The petitioner has the burden of proving a claim under ORS 107.700 to 107.735 by a preponderance of the evidence.

����� (3) A person�s right to relief under ORS 107.700 to 107.735 shall not be affected by the fact that the person left the residence or household to avoid abuse.

����� (4) A petition filed under ORS 107.700 to 107.735 shall disclose the existence of any custody, Family Abuse Prevention Act or Elderly Persons and Persons With Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act proceedings, or any marital annulment, dissolution or separation proceedings, or any proceeding to adjudicate parentage of a child of the parties, pending between the parties, and the existence of any other custody order affecting the children of the parties.

����� (5) When the petitioner requests custody of any child, the petition shall comply with ORS