Rule 8.060.Filing DCS Worksheets Required in Child Support Cases
Current through August 1, 2026 · Last verified September 12, 2026
Full Text of Rule 8.060
Plain-English Summary
Child support in Oregon is calculated, not argued to a number. The worksheets that do the calculating come from the Division of Child Support and are available on the Department of Justice child support forms page. This rule says when the completed worksheets have to reach the other side and the court.
At trial, each party's statement under UTCR 8.010(3) must include the worksheets if either party is requesting child support. If the court awards support, the judgment incorporates the worksheets as an exhibit showing the basis for the award. The math travels with the judgment, so anyone reading it later can see where the figure came from.
On a temporary support request, the party seeking the support serves the worksheets on the opposing party, and if either party requests child support at the time of the hearing, each party submits worksheets to the court. A modification works the same way at the hearing stage: if modification of child support is requested, each party submits worksheets. Where the court modifies an award, the amending judgment incorporates the worksheets as an exhibit evidencing the basis for the court's award.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the DCS worksheets and where do I get them?
They are the child support calculation worksheets produced by the Division of Child Support, and the rule points you to the Department of Justice child support forms page for the current versions.
Use the completed worksheets; a blank form or an informal calculation of your own does not satisfy the rule.
Do the worksheets go into the judgment itself?
Yes, where support is awarded or modified. A judgment awarding child support incorporates the worksheets as an exhibit evidencing the basis for the award, and an amending judgment that modifies an award does the same.
At trial, do the worksheets go in as a separate filing?
No. If child support is requested by either party at the time of trial, the worksheets go inside the UTCR 8.010(3) statement each party files, not alongside it. That statement is the list of marital and other assets and liabilities, the claimed value of each, and the proposed distribution.
The other two settings work differently. At a temporary support hearing and at a modification hearing, each party submits the worksheets to the court.
Who serves the worksheets when temporary support is at issue?
The party seeking temporary support. That is the only one-sided duty in the rule: that party must serve the opposing party with the worksheets.
Submitting worksheets to the court is a different duty, and it falls on both sides. What triggers it is a request for child support at the time of the hearing, not who brought the motion.
We already agreed on a support amount — do we still need worksheets?
This rule addresses trial, temporary support, and modification hearings. Other rules in this chapter reach settlements: UTCR 8.030 requires these worksheets with a stipulated general judgment where the parties have joint children under the age of 21, and UTCR 8.010 lists them among the documents that must be on file before any judgment is signed when a party has requested child support.
So agreement changes the path, not the paperwork.