Resources

Useful Internet Resources:

• ww.dcs.state.or.us/familylaw: Oregon Division of Child Support, Family Law; provides county by county lists of various family law and related services available in Oregon
• www.ojd.state.or.us: Oregon Judicial Department, Family Law website; gives information about state and local family law advisory committees, court-connected services, parent education, family law resources, and access to the statewide optional domestic relations forms.
• www.dcs.state.or.us/calculator: Oregon Division of Child Support; on-line child support calculator

Recommended Reading:

For Adults:

• Contemplating Divorce? Consider Mediation by Philip Mulford
• Stepfamilies: Love, Marriage, and Parenting in the First Decade by James Bray
• Does Wednesday Mean Mom’s House or Dad’s? by Marc J. Ackerman
• Touchpoints Volumes I and II by Barry Brazelton
• What about the Children by Judith Wallerstein
• Through the Eyes of Children: Healing Stories for Children of Divorce by Janet Johnston
• Helping Children Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way by Gary Newman
• Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Shared Custody Work by Isolina Ricci
• Joint Custody With a Jerk by Julie Ross and Judy Corcoran

For Pre-school and Early Elementary Children (ages 3-7)

• The Dinosaur’s Divorce by L. and M. Brown
• Always My Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Middle and Later Elementary Children: (Ages 8 – 12)

• But What About Me (How it Feels to be a Kid in Divorce) by Bonnie Doss

Child Support:

• Oregon Division of Child Support 503-229-5706
• Support Enforcement Division 503-988-3150