Bolivar Manufacturing Co. v. Neponset Manufacturing Co.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that issue of subject matter jurisdiction cannot be waived and can be raised at any time
• explaining that “if Oregon is not a child’s home state, [an Oregon court] nevertheless may have jurisdiction under ORS 109.741(1)(b) to (d), which confer jurisdiction on a state that is not a home state in three circumstances”
• noting our request for supplemental briefing on a legal issue of first impression, specifically regarding the tests used in other jurisdictions
• Oregon law “is unequivocal that subject matter jurisdiction cannot be con- ferred by consent, waiver, or estoppel and may be raised at any time”
• “We review for legal error the trial court’s deter- mination that it had subject matter jurisdiction under the UCCJEA.”
• “Oregon law with respect to subject matter jurisdiction generally, and with respect to the UCCJEA specifically, is unequivocal that subject matter jurisdiction cannot be con- ferred by consent, waiver, or estoppel and may be raised at any time.”

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