Tulsa Attorney BlogCategory: Family Law

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  • How to File for Child Support in Oklahoma

    By Staff, March 5th, 2021

    If you are the father filing, establish yourself as the father, get parental rights and seek child support from the mother. If you’re the mother, then you’re filing to establish that the father is the legal father, biological father, and should be paying child support.

  • What is Joint Custody in Oklahoma?

    By Staff, March 4th, 2021

    Generally speaking, when you have joint custody, it means that you have a joint legal say in the big decisions for the child.

  • Six Things a Child’s Legal Custodian Must Decide in Oklahoma

    By Staff, March 3rd, 2021

    It’s primarily what school’s the child going to attend. That’s the first one. The second one is summer camps, church camps, things like that.

  • What is Primary Custody in Oklahoma Family Law?

    By Staff, March 2nd, 2021

    The term primary custody was not located anywhere in Oklahoma statute, was not cited in any case law. But typically, it was used in order to designate for two particular purposes. One, sometimes you’ve got two parents going through a divorce or through a custody battle. And one party as part of negotiations wants to be designated the primary just to have that title.

  • What is Standard Visitation in Oklahoma Custody Cases?

    By Staff, March 1st, 2021

    Standard visitation generally means that the non-custodial parent or the secondary custodial parent has every other weekend and alternating holidays. And that every other weekend is typically from Friday after school and then returning sometime Sunday evening every other weekend. And that’s the typical standard visitation, but it’s important to note that many people don’t call that standard visitation.

  • What is Extended Standard Visitation in Oklahoma Family Law?

    By Staff, February 26th, 2021

    Extended standard visitation, that means instead of being from Friday after school to Sunday evening every other weekend, it is from Friday after school, all the way till Monday back to school every other weekend and that’s the extended part. Instead of returning the child on Sunday evening, you returned the child on Monday morning by taking the child to school.

  • 50/50 Visitation Schedules in Oklahoma Family Law

    By Staff, February 25th, 2021

    The two most common 50/50 schedules are going to be a week on/week off and the 2-2-3 schedule.

  • What Is Week on/Week off Visitation Schedule in Oklahoma Family Law?

    By Staff, February 24th, 2021

    A 50/50 schedule is where each parent gets an equal amount of time and the kids are transitioned once per week.

  • What is a 2/2/3 Visitation Schedule in Oklahoma Family Law?

    By Staff, February 23rd, 2021

    In Oklahoma, the 2-2-3 schedule is a 50/50 plan, meaning that each parent gets an equal amount of time with the kids.

  • How To File To Terminate a Guardianship in Oklahoma

    By Staff, February 22nd, 2021

    To begin with guardianships by their nature are temporary. They are never meant to be permanent. Permanent guardianship, that’s called adoption.

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