IN RE MARRIAGE OF CROCKER

(CC 8706-64201; CA A99888; SC S46166)

22 P.3d 759 (2001)

332 Or. 42

In the Matter of the MARRIAGE OF Dennis James CROCKER, Petitioner on Review, and Marianne Ellen Crocker, nka Marianne Ellen Groom, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reassigned December 19, 2000.

Decided April 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Gorin, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner on review.

Dawn M. Lagrone, Certified Law Clerk, Portland, argued the cause for respondent on review. Gregory B. Soriano, Portland, filed the response. Gregory B. Soriano and Dawn M. Lagrone, filed the brief on the merits for respondent on review.

Philip F. Schuster, II, and Roger F. Dierking, of Dierking & Schuster, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Dierking & Schuster.

Charles F. Hinkle, of Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Daniel Case McGinley.

David Schuman, Deputy Attorney General, and Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Salem, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae State of Oregon.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, KULONGOSKI, LEESON, and RIGGS, Justices.


GILLETTE, J.

The issue in this domestic relations case is whether a court may order a divorced parent to provide support for his or her child between 18 and 21 years of age attending school. Father maintains that ORS 107.108(1),1 the statute that permits such an order, is unconstitutional under Article I, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth...

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