# Oregon — Filial responsibility laws by state — what each statute actually says about an adult child's liability for a parent's care

For Oregon, statute is 109.010; who owes the duty is children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances; condition on the parent is poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; limited to public assistance cases is not stated, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Oregon _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** 109.010 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Who owes the duty:** children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Condition on the parent:** poor and unable to work to maintain themselves _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Limited to public assistance cases:** not stated _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 109.010 Duty of support. Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; and children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Who owes the duty

> 109.010 Duty of support. Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; and children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances.

### Condition on the parent

> 109.010 Duty of support. Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; and children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances.

### Limited to public assistance cases

> 109.010 Duty of support. Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; and children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances.

## Source

- https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors109.html

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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