(1) A respondent or protected person may object to a petition or motion either in writing or orally. A respondent or protected person may make an oral objection to a petition or motion by: (a) Appearing in person at the Circuit Court clerk's office during regular business hours (125 East 8th Ave, Eugene) and asking for the probate clerk. The respondent or protected person should advise the probate clerk that they wish to make an oral objection.(b) Notifying the court visitor who shall record the objection in writing in the visitor's report.(2) Any interested person, as described in ORS 125.075(1), other than the respondent or protected person, may object to a motion only by written objection. That person may object to a petition either in writing or orally. The oral objection to a petition may be made by: (a) Appearing in person at the Circuit Court clerk's office during regular business hours (125 East 8th Ave, Eugene) and asking for the probate clerk. The objecting party should advise the probate clerk that the objecting party wishes to make an oral objection to the petition.(b) The probate clerk shall provide the objecting party with the objection form available on the court's website, as a means of reducing the oral objection to a signed writing for the purpose of filing the objection.(3) Upon receipt of an objection the court will schedule a hearing.Amended effective 2/1/2024.