NORTON v. MacDONALD

00-30380; A116721.

93 P.3d 804 (2004)

194 Or.App. 174

In the Matter of Blair Michele Norton, a Minor Child. Kathleen Dawn NORTON, Appellant, v. Hugh Sanfield MacDONALD, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Neal, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Mark Johnson, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Bennett, Hartman, Morris & Kaplan, LLP.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and SCHUMAN and ORTEGA, Judges.


ORTEGA, J.

In her appeal of a judgment of paternity, mother challenges the trial court's determinations that (a) she was not entitled to seek past child support in a filiation proceeding because she initiated her claims after child had turned 18, and (b) child was not otherwise entitled to support under ORS 107.108. Mother also challenges the award of attorney fees to father. We conclude that mother was entitled to initiate a filiation proceeding but we affirm the...

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