OR HB3322

Children aged 14 or older subject to a parenting time order may file a motion to intervene and request the court suspend or terminate a parent's parenting time under ORCP 27 A

Court may suspend or terminate parenting time if the Department of Human Services has substantiated an abuse allegation against the parent and the court determines it serves the child's best interests

Court must take testimony from a DHS child welfare caseworker familiar with the substantiated abuse allegation before issuing an order

Court may take testimony from or confer with the child or other children in the household, and may exclude parents from the conference if in the child's best interests; attorneys for each party must be allowed to attend and question the child

Parent whose parenting time is suspended or terminated may not regain parenting time until demonstrating the reasons for suspension are resolved and reinstatement serves the child's best interests