Boyd v. Boyd

The parties’ marriage was dissolved in 1987 and, in this proceeding, mother sought to modify father’s child support obligation under ORS 107.135. The trial court granted mother’s requested relief after father failed to appear in response to a show cause order. Father’s only argument on appeal is that the judgment increasing his obligation is void for lack of personal jurisdiction, because he was never served in accordance with ORCP 7.

Father works throughout the western states as a construction worker and has no permanent address. After the dissolution, he retained an independent bookkeeper to…