ORS 125.820
Jurisdiction
(1)
This state is the respondent’s home state;(2)
On the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and:(a)
The respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent’s home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or(b)
The respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state and, before the court makes the appointment or issues the order:(A)
A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent’s home state;(B)
An objection to the court’s jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and(C)
The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in ORS 125.827 (Appropriate forum);(3)
This state does not have jurisdiction under either subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the respondent’s home state and all significant-connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is the more appropriate forum and jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the Oregon and United States Constitutions; or(4)
The requirements for special jurisdiction under ORS 125.822 (Special jurisdiction) are met. [2009 c.179 §9]
Source:
Section 125.820 — Jurisdiction, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors125.html.
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