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How Does My Current Spouses Income Affect My Child Support in Oklahoma?
How does that money affect your Oklahoma child support guidelines? And the answer is, it doesn't whatsoever. Read more »Why Does DHS Have to Sign Off on My Child Support Order in Oklahoma?
There's a federal law regarding child support collections that incentivizes states to develop programs to help people collect child support. Read more »The 10 Factors That Determine Child Support in Oklahoma
There are multiple factors that play a role in Oklahoma Child Support. Income is one of the biggest roles played. Read more »Special Deviations from the Oklahoma Child Support Guidelines
Factors in determining whether to deviate from extraordinary expenses include a history of expenditures for such activities. Read more »What are "Special Expenses" under Oklahoma Child Support Law?
Special expenses are where perhaps there's been historically provided for the kids' private school tuitions or special camps or school-sponsored extracurricular activities. Read more »Does Child Support Cover Private School Tuition in Oklahoma?
The general rule is no. In the Oklahoma Child Support guidelines, you plug in certain factors, and it spits out the amount. Read more »Does Child Support Include School Sponsored Extracurricular Expenses?
It is not covered. It is not added onto base child support. 99% of the time the courts followed the Oklahoma Child Support Guidelines. Read more »What is a CRF Court?
CRF Courts are courts of Indian affairs. Why are they called CRF courts? CRF courts because CRF is a Code of Federal Regulations. Read more »Supreme Court Rules Indians CAN Be Prosecuted Twice for Same Crime!
The defendant was charged with sexual assault. The defense was that it was consensual and he is an Indian. It occurred on Indian territory. Read more »Do the Oklahoma Child Support Guidelines Have to be Followed?
The answer is found in Title 43, Section 118H. Essentially, what it says is that yes, they do have to be followed, but there is an exception. Read more »When Can You Deviate from the Child Support Guidelines in Oklahoma?
In order to deviate, there are about three things that we're looking for, by statute, that must occur for the court to deviate in most circumstances. Read more »Can You Object to Termination of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma should they decide to terminate, shall send a written notice of termination to the accused and the attorney for the accused. Read more »Can Someone Find My Deferred Prosecution Agreement Record?
One of the benefits of doing a deferred prosecution agreement is that it's not filed with the court, it's in the DA's file. Read more »Who is Eligible for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma includes anyone in a deferred prosecution agreement if it is in the best interest of the accused & not contrary to the public interest. Read more »What's the Maximum Length of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) in Oklahoma?
The maximum duration of a deferred prosecution agreement is 3 years. So you can only have that kind of hanging over your head for 3 years. Read more »Deferred Prosecution Agreement Use Now "Much More Rare."
the story is as reported by the Tahlequah Daily Press, that much more of these deferred prosecution agreements are being done than they were before. Read more »What are the Benefits of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) in Oklahoma?
The primary benefit of a deferred prosecution agreement is that you're not actually technically being prosecuted. Read more »City of Tulsa Traffic Ticket Amnesty Beginning June 13, 2022
The City of Tulsa Traffic amnesty program is for people that have outstanding warrants out of Tulsa Municipal Court. Read more »HB 3208: Moratorium on New Medical Marijuana Businesses in Oklahoma Beginning August 1, 2022!
First off, it grants new authority to the OMMA. OMMA has the authority to decide there's going to be a moratorium. Read more »What Do You Do If You Miss Court in Oklahoma?
You want to file a motion to vacate. You want to make sure that you file it as quickly as possible. Definitely want to file it within 30 days. Read more »What Happens If You Miss Court in Oklahoma?
If you fail to appear for a civil court date, then if you're a plaintiff, it's very likely that your case could be dismissed. Read more »Can I Move My Custody Case to Oklahoma?
Oklahoma Follows a Uniform Set of Laws Regarding Custody Jurisdiction Video Transcribed: Can I move my custody case to Oklahoma? I’m Tulsa Child Custody Attorney, James Wirth. That’s the question that we have today. It’s one that we hear frequently at the Wirth Law Office when dealing with family law matters because people move. Children move […] Read more »Pregnant Girlfriend Trying to Give Your Child Up for Adoption in Oklahoma?
In Oklahoma, there are three things that you can, and you should do if you want to prevent the adoption from going through, and you want to fight to have custody of your child when the child is born. Read more »Who Pays Day Care in a Child Support Case in Oklahoma?
The actual annualized childcare costs incurred for the purposes authorized by this section shall be allocated and added to the base child support order and shall be part of the final child support order. Read more »Oklahoma Child Support: What if Day Care Expense Goes Up?
If daycare costs go up, the parent receiving child support has 45 days to give notice to the other parent about that change. Read more »
