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In Oregon, you need to file a notice of appeal within 30 days of the original order being signed or the discovery of new information that would have materially affected your decree. You will also need to serve your ex-spouse with copies of the notice, so they can respond.

Divorce Certificates If you need a certified copy of your divorce certificate, you should contact the Certification Unit of the Oregon Center for Health Statistics . They maintain certificates of all divorces in Oregon from 1925 until the present.

In a standard Oregon divorce, the non-filing spouse, also known as the Respondent, signs an Acceptance of Service in front of a Notary Public, which eliminates the need for formal service. Petitioner simply mails or hand-delivers the divorce documents to the Respondent.

File the Certificate of Mailing with the court. You must complete service to the Petitioner within 30 days of the day you received the Petition and file the Certificate with the court as soon as possible. You can ask the court to make temporary orders. Temporary orders are effective as soon as a judge signs the order.

A Notice of Entry of Judgment & Decree of Divorce (Default) is a document that notifies the other party that the Judge has signed a Judgment & Decree of Divorce (Default). This document must be sent to the other party and the Affidavit of Service filed with the Clerk of Courts.

The respondent can agree to sign an "Acceptance of Service" that says he or she has received the petition. Otherwise, the sheriff or another adult who meets the legal requirements must give the respondent copies of the papers.

These rules are available online or at your local court or law library. Forms and information about your local court are on the Oregon Judicial Department website. You have 30 days from the date you were served with the Petition to file a written Response with the court clerk and pay the filing fee.

The summary dissolution forms and other self-help forms are intended to help get you a divorce without an attorney. But you have the right to be represented or helped by an attorney if you can obtain one. It may be helpful to see an attorney before you file the forms, to make sure you have filled them out correctly.

By Process Server: Take a copy of your papers to the sheriff's office in the county where Respondent is located and have a sheriff's officer serve the papers. The sheriff's office charges a fee for service. You can also hire a private process server of your choice.