context: Oregon law defines "income" for purposes of support payments, as, among other things, "any program or contract to provide substitute wages during times of unemployment or disability." ORS 25.010(7)(f); see also OAR 137-050-0340 (for purposes of support, "gross income includes income from any source including, but not limited to * * * disability insurance benefits" (emphasis added)). Accordingly, we have considered veterans' disability benefits in awarding spousal support, even where the recipient has waived military retirement pay to receive those benefits.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 151 Or App 649, 654
citation_a.parenthetical: considering as income husband's disability benefits resulting from his waiver of his military pension
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Murphy and Murphy, 151 Or App 649, 654, 950 P2d 377 (1997) (considering as income husband’s disability benefits resulting from his waiver of his military pension); see also Weakley and Weakley, 177 Or App 363, 365, 33 P3d 1045 (2001) (including husband’s veterans’ disability benefits as income for purposes of awarding spousal support).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 177 Or App 363, 365
citation_b.parenthetical: including husband's veterans' disability benefits as income for purposes of awarding spousal support
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Murphy and Murphy, 151 Or App 649, 654, 950 P2d 377 (1997) (considering as income husband’s disability benefits resulting from his waiver of his military pension); see also Weakley and Weakley, 177 Or App 363, 365, 33 P3d 1045 (2001) (including husband’s veterans’ disability benefits as income for purposes of awarding spousal support).