Fill and Sign the Oregon Show Cause Form

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF _____________ In the Matter of the Marriage of: ) ) ________________________________, ) Case No. Petitioner, ) ) AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW and ) CAUSE RE: MODIFICATION OF JUDGMENT ) ________________________________, ) Respondent. ) ) STATE OF ________________________ ) ) County of _________________________ ) I, ____________________________________, being first duly sworn, do depose and say: I. I am the __ _ petitioner __ _ respondent in this case. Affidavit in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause re: Modification of Judgment 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 II. The names, ages and birth dates of the child/ren involved in this case are: _________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ III. ___ I want to change CUSTODY because of a change of circumstances since the last custody order. This change is: ______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The current child support obligation should be terminated if the custody change is ordered. ___ I want to change PARENTING TIME (visitation) because I believe the change is in my child/ren’s best interests. IV. The specific reason (s) I want the change and believe the change would be best for my child/ren are: __________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Affidavit in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause re: Modification of Judgment 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 V. Oregon ___ is ___ is not the state which made the last custody/parenting time/visitation order and: ____ The child/ren have lived in Oregon continuously for the last six months. ____The child/ren have lived in Oregon continuously for six consecutive months sometime during the last twelve months and the child/ren are not now in Oregon but one parent lives in this state. ____ The child/ren have lived in another state continuously for six months but a court in that state has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum, and ____ The child/ren and _________________________________ have significant (name of parent or caretaker) connections to Oregon and substantial evidence about them is available here. ____ The child/ren are physically present in Oregon, and ____ The child/ren have been abandoned, or ____ An emergency exists because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subject to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse. VI. If the original judgment was granted in another state: ____ The court that granted the judgment I am asking the court to modify determined it no longer has jurisdiction, or that ½ Oregon would be a more convenient forum. ____ The child and parents no longer live in the other state. VII. The places where the minor child/ren of the parties have lived in the last five years and the names of the persons with whom the child/ren have resided are: Affidavit in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause re: Modification of Judgment 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dates County/State With Whom Which Child/ren From: _______ to _______ ____________ _______________ _____________________ From: _______ to _______ ____________ _______________ _____________________ From: _______ to _______ ____________ _______________ _____________________ From: _______ to _______ ____________ _______________ _____________________ VIII. The current addresses of the persons listed in paragraph 6 are: Name Address ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ IX. __ _ I have not participated in any litigation concerning the child/ren in this or any other state, except for this case. ____ I have participated in the following litigation regarding the child/ren, since the last order in this case: Name of Court State Case No. Date Result _________________ _______________ _______________ __________________ _________________ _______________ _______________ __________________ _________________ _______________ _______________ __________________ Affidavit in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause re: Modification of Judgment 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 X. ____ I do not know of any other domestic violence, custody, visitation, parenting time or placement proceeding involving the child/ren pending in this state or any other state. ____ I know of the following pending domestic violence, custody, visitation, parenting time or placement proceeding involving the child/ren: Name of Court and Case No. State Date Result ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ XI. I do not know of any person not a party to this case who has physical custody of the child/ren or who claim to have custody, visitation or parenting time rights __ _ except for: ________________________________________________________________________ (name, relationship to child/ren) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ Signature ____________________________________ Print name ____________________________________ Address ____________________________________ City, State, Zip Code ____________________________________ Telephone Affidavit in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause re: Modification of Judgment 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ___________ day of ______________, ______, by _______________________________________________. I certify that this is a true copy ___________________________________ Notary Public for ____________/Court Clerk My Commission Expires: ______________ __________________________ Signature Affidavit in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause re: Modification of Judgment 6