Oregon spousal support amount
Oregon courts can order transitional, compensatory, or maintenance support.
ORS 107.105 directs an Oregon court to designate one or more categories of spousal support and make findings on the relevant factors. The statute does not provide one statewide percentage formula for the support amount. [1]
Oregon Judicial Department guidance likewise explains that spousal support may be transitional, compensatory, or maintenance support and that the court has discretion over whether support is appropriate, the amount, and how long it is paid. [2]
Oregon types of spousal support
Each Oregon support category addresses a different financial situation.
Transitional support can help a spouse obtain education or training needed to reenter or advance in the job market. Compensatory support can apply when one spouse made a significant contribution to the other spouse’s education, training, career, or earning capacity. Maintenance support can provide general financial support for a specified or indefinite period. [1]
ORS 107.105 assigns different factors to those categories. For maintenance support, factors include marriage length, age and health, marital standard of living, relative income and earning capacity, employment skills and experience, financial needs and resources, taxes, and child-related responsibilities. [1]
Questions about Oregon spousal support calculations.
Does Oregon use a formula to calculate spousal support?
No statewide percentage formula appears in ORS 107.105. The court chooses the appropriate support category and decides amount and duration from the relevant factors.
What are the three types of Oregon spousal support?
Oregon recognizes transitional, compensatory, and maintenance support. More than one category can be relevant in the same case.
Does Oregon use marriage length to set support duration?
Marriage length is a factor in the statutory analysis, but Oregon law does not convert it into one statewide duration formula.
Oregon spousal support sources and calculator limits
- 01Oregon Legislature: ORS 107.105, spousal support categories and factors
- 02Oregon Judicial Department: family-law FAQs, spousal support
Public-source check: September 6, 2026. Current calculator rules release: 0.18.0. This page provides a visitor-selected payment scenario and explains Oregon’s statutory support categories. It does not choose a support type, determine entitlement, predict a court amount or duration, handle modifications, or provide legal advice. It is not attorney reviewed.