M. A. Rand Corp. v. O'Meara

This case is about whether money paid into court by a child support obligor to resolve an arrearage is subject to an attorney fee lien filed under ORS 87.450 (2001), amended by Or Laws 2003, ch 576, § 188. In an “Order Releasing Funds,” the trial court denied appellant’s motion to intervene and motion to apply its attorney’s lien to the proceeds that had been filed with the court. Appellant appeals from that order, ORS 19.205(2) and (3),1 and we affirm.

This case began as the dissolution of a domestic partnership in July 2001. Mother filed a petition, requesting, inter alia, dissolution of the…