2015 ORS
163.565¹
Evidence of paternity
- • confidentiality between spouses not applicable
- • spouses competent and compellable witnesses
(1) Proof that a child was born to a woman during the time a man lived and cohabited with her, or held her out as his spouse in a marriage, is prima facie evidence that he is the father of the child. This subsection does not exclude any other legal evidence tending to establish the parental relationship.
(2) No provision of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between spouses in a marriage apply to prosecutions for criminal nonsupport. A spouse is a competent and compellable witness for or against either party. [1971 c.743 §176; 2015 c.629 §30]
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 163—Offenses Against Persons, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors163.html (2015) (last accessed Jul. 16, 2016).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Statutes, Cumulative Supplement - 2015, Chapter 163, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ano163.html (2015) (last accessed Jul. 16, 2016).
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3 OregonLaws.org assembles these lists by analyzing references between Sections. Each listed item refers back to the current Section in its own text. The result reveals relationships in the code that may not have otherwise been apparent.