Rule 8.070.Standardized Parenting Plans
Current through August 1, 2026 · Last verified September 12, 2026
Full Text of Rule 8.070
Plain-English Summary
This is a housekeeping rule with a practical payoff. Rather than let each judicial district announce a standardized parenting plan wherever it pleased, the rule holds one number open across the state. SLR 8.075 is reserved for districts to announce that they have adopted a standardized parenting plan. If you want to know whether the judicial district where your case sits has one, that is the number to look up.
The rule also settles where the plan text lives. A district's standardized parenting plan goes in an appendix to the supplementary local rule, on the court's website, or in both places. You should not have to call the courthouse to read it.
Note what the rule does not do. It does not write a parenting plan, does not adopt one for the whole state, and does not say what a district's plan must contain. Adoption is a district-by-district choice, and the content of any plan comes from the district that adopted it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oregon have a single statewide standardized parenting plan?
Not under this rule. UTCR 8.070 does not adopt a plan. It reserves a supplementary local rule number so that a judicial district that has adopted a standardized parenting plan announces it in a predictable place.
Where do I find my judicial district's standardized parenting plan?
Start with SLR 8.075 for the judicial district where your case is filed. The plan itself is published in an appendix to that supplementary local rule, on the court's website, or both.
Does UTCR 8.070 say what a standardized parenting plan must contain?
No. The rule is silent on content. It does not require any particular terms and does not set a minimum for what a plan must address.
What a plan contains is up to the judicial district that adopted it, so read that district's own plan for the terms that would apply to your case.
Is a standardized parenting plan mandatory if my judicial district has one?
UTCR 8.070 only provides for the announcement and the publication of the plan. Whether and how a district's plan applies to your case is a matter for that district's supplementary local rule and for the judge handling the case.
What is a supplementary local rule?
It is a rule adopted by an individual judicial district that sits alongside these statewide trial court rules. This rule works by reserving a number in that local numbering scheme, so the same subject lands at the same rule number in every district that addresses it.