How to Get a Divorce in Oklahoma
Filing the Petition (OK STATUTE 43-105): The legal document that actually initiates a divorce is called a Petition, which is filed with the Court Clerk (COURTS AND CLERKS). The person
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When the Universe affirms your plans!
It’s December 2018 and what are we doing that a lot of people are doing this month? Well, besides the usual gift buying and holiday decorating? You got it, planning
It takes time!
So in June earlier this year (2018) I decided I was going to quit thinking about it and I was going to join a gym and make working out a
MAKING HISTORY: Eldredge Adoption
After I resolved the Ramey case by working out an agreement with the biological parent to establish custody and visitation, I was also able to work out custody and visitation
MAKING HISTORY: Ramey, Newland and Fleming
On July 18, 2014, “the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit struck down as unconstitutional Oklahoma Constitution Article 2, Section 35’s ban on same-sex marriage. Bishop v.
Parental Rights and Child Support
We have finally started our own Youtube channel and the plan is to work towards being able to post a video every day. We came up with a fabulous idea
Family Law
Have you ever done something for so long that its like second nature to you, and then you tell someone what you do and they have no idea what it
Enforcement
In the family law forum it is well known that there are going to be those cases that never die, never go away and basically continue until the children become
WHEN YOU SAY CHILD CUSTODY – WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN?
“I want custody of my child” “I want custody of my grandkids, niece, nephew, friend of a friend’s kids…” We hear it all. The majority of the time, at the
Termination of Parental Rights
Parental Rights: What does it mean to have them terminated and is there a difference between the State terminating parental rights and a voluntary relinquishment of parental rights? First, lets
How I Got to 2018
In 1995 I officially was divorced from the father of my children and became a single mother. It would take another year and several months for the custody of the
DON’T SET OFF THE DRAMA BOMB: HOW TO ACT AT YOUR CHILDREN’S EVENTS WHEN YOU CAN’T CO-PARENT
“Divorce does not always damage children. But when children are caught in the crossfire of their parents’ hostility, it usually does. It hurts just to stand on the sidelines and
FAMILY LAW: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
Over the years people have asked, how did you decide to work in family law and not something else? The answer is that I didn’t choose family law, it chose