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STATE of Oregon, acting BY AND THROUGH DA FAMILY SUPPORT, Initiating Party-Respondent, Tessica L. Swift, Obligee-Respondent, v. Kofi KYEI, Obligor-Appellant.
Appellant is subject to an administrative child support order entered in Clackamas County in June 2017, and the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice garnished his wages pursuant to that order. Appellant challenged the support order and the garnishment in the Clackamas County Circuit Court, contending that his obligation to pay child support had been terminated pursuant to a 2013 stipulated judgment entered in Multnomah County terminating his obligation under a prior support order. He further asserted that he had not been properly served with the support order, and that the amount of support determined to be owed under the child support guidelines was incorrect. The Clackamas County Circuit Court addressed and rejected each of appellant's contentions in a general judgment that included findings.
Appearing on appeal pro se, appellant raises multiple challenges to the circuit court's judgment, several of which are unpreserved, and requests that we review the record de novo. This is not an equitable proceeding that could be subject to de novo review. See ORS 19.415(3)(b) (authorizing de novo review of an “equitable action or proceeding”). Appellant's challenges also do not establish any legal error or provide any basis for reversal of the circuit court's judgment. It would serve neither the bench nor the bar to elaborate further on the facts or to provide an extended written analysis.
Affirmed.
PER CURIAM
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Docket No: A169234
Decided: October 06, 2021
Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon.
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