This is a proceeding to register an Iowa judgment in Oregon рursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, ORS Chapter 24. The trial court set aside the registration on the ground that it was not commenced within the time allowed for bringing an action on a foreign judgment in this state. ORS 24.020 and ORS 12.070.
The plaintiff Miriam I. Newhouse was granted a divorce in Story County, Iowa by a decree entered on May 23, 1951, which decreed that defendant Harold L. Newhouse pay to plaintiff $80 per month for the support of two minor childrеn, Norman and Lauretta, until they reached the age of 18 years. It was agreed *111 that the obligation to support Norman ended on September 7, 1960 and to support Lauretta ended on August 24, 1963.
The plaintiff registered the Iowa decree in Lane County on July 17, 1973 and began this proceeding in the Circuit Court for Lane County to obtain a finаl personal judgment against defendant for $19,660, the amount alleged to be due and unpaid pursuant to the Iowa decree. Venue of the proceeding was changed to Crook County where defendant resided.
In response to plaintiff’s petition defendant alleged that the Iowa judgment was barred by ORS 12.070, which provides that an action on a foreign judgment shall be commenced within 10 years.
It was agreed that an Iowa judgment is valid in Iowa for 20 years. Iowa Code 614.1 (7). It was stipulated that child support payments required by the Iowa decree bеcame a judgment when they became due in the same manner as child support payments becomе a judgment in Oregon. We quote from
Shannon v. Shannon,
“* * * The Oregon decisions have with equal clarity established the rule that each installment which comes due under a decree for the payment of support money or alimony constitutes a separate and final judgment and that the statute of limitations begins to run as to each installment from thе due date thereof. Cousineau v. Cousineau,155 Or 184 ,63 P2d 897 ; Stephens v. Stephens et al.,170 Or 363 ,132 P2d 992 ; Cogswell v. Cogswell et al.,178 Or 417 ,167 P2d 324 .”
After a hearing, the trial court on April 30, 1974 set aside the registration of the Iowa judgment on the ground that the attempt to register it was not *112 commenced within the 10 years allowed for bringing an action on a foreign judgment.
Plaintiff appeals and contends that the trial court, in finding that the Iowa judgment was barred by the Orеgon statute of limitations, OES 12.070, violated plaintiff’s rights under the full faith and credit clause and the equal protectiоn clause of the Constitution of the United States.
It has long been settled that a forum state may apply its own stаtute of limitations to actions seeking to enforce foreign judgments since such a limitation is procedural rather than substantive in nature.
Bacon v. Howard,
20 How 22,
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Plaintiff contends that ORS 12.070, the statute limiting actions on foreign judgments to 10 years, discriminаtes against plaintiff because “no such limitation exists for similar Oregon judgments”. Plaintiff relies on
Mason v. Mason,
Plaintiff also contends that she is deniеd equal protection because an Oregon judgment has “a potential life span” of 20 years if it is renеwed, while a 10-year statute was applied to her 20-year Iowa judgment. Plaintiff relies on
Watkins v. Conway,
Plaintiff also contends that the court erred in failing to enter a judgmеnt for the support payments from July 17, 1963 until August 24, 1963, the date on which Lauretta reached the age of 18 years, which amount the parties apparently assume to be $62.
Although the child support for that period was not barrеd by OES 12.070, we cannot tell from the findings whether said sum has been paid. The record brought to this court did not include a transсript of testimony and in the absence of the testimony we cannot hold as a matter of law that the $62 has nоt been paid. Under the circumstances, we can grant plaintiff no relief and affirm the judgment.
Notes
The court did not hold, as stated in plaintiff’s brief, that a 13-year-old decree “was valid”. On the contrary, the court enjoined the issuance of an execution on the judgment. § 6.210 Or Code 1930, now ORS 18.310.