Rule 11.100.Submission of Proposed Orders or Judgments in Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases
Current through August 1, 2026 · Last verified September 12, 2026
Full Text of Rule 11.100
UTCR Reporter's Notes
Reporter’s Note (August 1, 2017): Pursuant to UTCR 1.130, computation of Uniform Trial Court Rule time requirements is subject to ORCP 10.
Plain-English Summary
Before a judge signs anything in a dependency or termination of parental rights case, the other side should have seen it. The rule gives three ways to satisfy that. Serve each counsel not less than three days before submitting the document to the court. Or attach a statement by counsel that no objection exists. Or serve a self-represented party not less than seven days ahead, together with notice of the time period to object.
The document also has to explain its own posture. Following the space for the judicial signature goes a dated and signed certificate describing how any applicable service requirement was met and why the submission is ready for signature. The rule prints the form that certificate should substantially follow, and its options track the ways a proposed order reaches the bench: every party except an unrepresented child stipulated, as their signatures show; every such party communicated approval to the drafter; it was served and no objection came back; objections came in and are attached; a party agreed after conferring to file any remaining objection on its own; service was not required; or some other reason, stated.
The exceptions are practical. The service requirement does not apply to a proposed order or judgment presented in open court with the parties present, to one for which service is not required, to anything filed in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, or to proposed orders for transport of in-custody parties. The certificate requirement drops out for a document presented and signed in open court with the parties there, and again for delinquency filings. Where another statute or rule already calls for a certificate of service, they can be combined into a single certificate.
Count the days carefully. Time under these rules is computed the way the UTCR time-computation rule directs, which sends you to the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure rather than to a plain calendar count.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much notice do I give before submitting a proposed judgment in a dependency case?
Serve each counsel not less than three days before you submit it, or serve a self-represented party not less than seven days ahead with notice of the time to object. The alternative to either is attaching a statement by counsel that no objection exists.
What has to appear below the signature line?
A dated and signed certificate. It describes the manner of compliance with any applicable service requirement under the rule and the reason the submission is ready for judicial signature, or states that an objection is ready for resolution. The rule supplies a form the certificate should substantially follow.
Which submissions are exempt from serving the document first?
A proposed order or judgment presented in open court with the parties present, one for which service is not required by statute, rule, or otherwise, one filed in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, and proposed orders for transport of in-custody parties.
How are the three-day and seven-day periods counted?
Not by eyeballing a calendar. The UTCR have their own time-computation rule, and it routes computation of these periods to the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. Run the count under that rule before you assume a document is ripe to submit.
Can the certificate be combined with my certificate of service?
Yes. The rule expressly allows the required certificate to be combined with any certificate of service required by another statute or rule, so one signed block can do both jobs.