Family Law
What Does “Noncustodial Parent” Mean Under Oklahoma Child Support Definitions?
According to Tulsa Attorney, James Wirth, "Noncustodial parent means a parent who has physical custody of a child 182 days per year or less." Read more »What Does "Current Monthly Child Support Obligation" Mean Under Oklahoma Child Support Definitions?
current monthly child support obligation means the base child support obligation and the proportional share of any healthcare coverage, cash, medical support, and annualized childcare costs. Read more »What is "Base Child Support Obligation" for Oklahoma Child Support Purposes?
Base child support obligation means the amount of support displayed on the schedule of basic child support obligations, which corresponds to the combined AGI. Read more »What Happens If You Misuse a Protective Order
When you file for a protective order, you get an immediate hearing that day on the petition, a judge will enter an order temporarily. Read more »How Much Does a Divorce Cost?
First off, in a divorce, you're not required to have an attorney. It may make sense for you to have an attorney. Read more »How Do You Do Your Divorce Papers
When you go down to the courthouse in Oklahoma, you talk to the court clerk, they do not have standardized template forms to fill out. Read more »Oklahoma Lawyer Discusses Divorce in Tulsa
So for the first thing, if you're looking for a divorce lawyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma go to the Wirth Law office. Read more »When You Don't Need a Lawyer for Your Oklahoma Divorce
First off, you're not required to have a lawyer. If you're going to get divorced, you are required to go to court to go through the process. Read more »Two Options for Getting Divorced in Oklahoma Without an Attorney
Each divorce, the party is responsible for drafting their own pleadings and making sure that they comply with Oklahoma law. Read more »How to Get a Divorce in Oklahoma
Unlike a common law marriage where you can enter it outside of court, there's no such thing as a common-law divorce. Read more »How Much is Child Support in Oklahoma?
It is determined based on primarily the parties' incomes and the number of kids involved, with a few other factors that go into that as well. Read more »How to File for Child Support in Oklahoma
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. Read more »What is Joint Custody in Oklahoma?
Generally speaking, when you have joint custody, it means that you have a joint legal say in the big decisions for the child. Read more »Six Things a Child's Legal Custodian Must Decide in Oklahoma
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. Read more »What is Primary Custody in Oklahoma Family Law?
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. Read more »What is Standard Visitation in Oklahoma Custody Cases?
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. Read more »What is Extended Standard Visitation in Oklahoma Family Law?
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. Read more »50/50 Visitation Schedules in Oklahoma Family Law
The two most common 50/50 schedules are going to be a week on/week off and the 2-2-3 schedule. Read more »What Is Week on/Week off Visitation Schedule in Oklahoma Family Law?
A 50/50 schedule is where each parent gets an equal amount of time and the kids are transitioned once per week. Read more »What is a 2/2/3 Visitation Schedule in Oklahoma Family Law?
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. Read more »How To File To Terminate a Guardianship in Oklahoma
To begin with guardianships by their nature are temporary. They are never meant to be permanent. Permanent guardianship, that's called adoption. Read more »What is Sole Custody in Oklahoma?
Sole Custody means that that person has the legal authority to make the big decisions for that child or those children. Read more »What is a Guardian Ad-Litem (GAL) in Oklahoma?
A guardian ad litem is generally an attorney that is appointed by the court to advocate for the best interest of a child in a custody case. Read more »What is the Effect of an Adult Adoption in Oklahoma?
First off, it allows you to update your legal name, so you can take the last name of the adoptive parent. It updates the birth certificate so it will show the adoptive parent as your parent on the birth certificate. Read more »The Benefits of Adult Adoption for Step-Parent Adoption in Oklahoma
Wirth Law Office has done very many adoptions over the years. A lot of those have been stepparent adoptions. Read more »
