Oklahoma Family Law for Men
What Happens if I Violate a Protective Order?
The important thing to note is that if you violate a protective order, it could also have effects on your child custody rights. Read more »Do Unwed Fathers Have Visitation Rights?
If you're an unwed father, and you have not gone to the district court, and established your parental rights, then you are subject to the whim of the mother. Read more »Can I Deny a Genetic Test?
If you were to deny conducting a genetic test, the court could find you in default and establish you as the father in any event. Read more »Do I Owe Child Support During the Pregnancy?
A court could order you to pay some of the costs associated with the actual pregnancy after the child is born. Read more »How Do I Not Pay Child Support?
Child support is deemed to be an essential part of being a parent in relationships that are not still together. Read more »Does a Protective Order Affect My Custody Rights?
There's a statute specifically on point here in Oklahoma, that states that a protective order cannot be used to effect a change in custody. Read more »Who Gets to Claim the Kid on Taxes?
Now this is something that could be determined by an Oklahoma court and often is in a divorce or a paternity case. Read more »Does a Father Pay Child Support With 50/50 Custody?
If you have 50/50 physical custody, you are receiving a childcare credit for your time, which will reduce the amount of child support paid. Read more »Can I Get a DNA Test Paid for by DHS Child Support?
The answer is yes, they will pay for substantially most of the costs of a genetic test in the DHS administrative court. Read more »Can She Have Her New Boyfriend Sign My Childs Birth Certificate?
In the state of Oklahoma, the hospital is not going to question mom if a gentleman is present and signs the birth certificate. Read more »How Long Do Fathers Have to Pay Child Support?
Child support does end when the child turns the age of majority, whichever comes later up to a certain age, which is 19 years old. Read more »
Do Unwed Fathers Have Any Rights to Their Children?
You have no rights as an unwed father to your biological children, until you apply to a district court to establish them. Read more »
Can Fathers Apply for Child Support?
Dads have to have significant custodial rights and physical custody rights, which would provide them the chance to apply for child support. Read more »Can I Be Ordered to Pay Child Support Without a DNA Test?
If you do not appear, and a default order is entered, it could be difficult for you to correct that even if you're not the father. Read more »How Much Does a DNA Test Cost?
So the costs of getting a court-approved genetic test vary drastically, depending upon the circumstances. However, cheaper options for you. Read more »How To Order a Paternity Test
The first option for you is to file an administrative court, at which point, DHS will cover the bill for the genetic test. Read more »Do Fathers Have Rights if Their Name Is on the Birth Certificate?
The birth certificate does not afford you any rights to the child and you will be at the whim of the mother. Read more »How Much Child Support Do Fathers Have to Pay?
Child support computations involve a calculation of both persons' income, which can include lots of different things. Read more »Denial of Paternity: How It's Used
A denial of paternity is a document signed by the mother and the putative father denying paternity of a child born inside of a marriage. Read more »I Am the Established Father: Do I Have Any Rights?
The only way that you can get a father's rights in the state of Oklahoma is to go to the district court where that child resides and ask for it. Read more »Is a Paternity Test Required During Pregnancy or at Birth?
A postnatal test after the child is born will be required in order to establish your rights to your child to be certain the child is yours. Read more »What Do I Do if She Wants to Move Away?
If you have not established your rights and she's threatening to leave with your kid, you need to file fast and serve her with your petition. Read more »Can I Get Rights to a Kid Who Lives in Another State?
If you're living outside Oklahoma, you don't have any custody rights to your child, then you need to establish your rights in Oklahoma. Read more »If She Makes More Money Than I Do, Do I Have to Pay Child Support?
The Tulsa Fathers Rights Attorney explains how, if she makes more than you, it's possible that you would pay no child support. She might even have to pay child support. Read more »Your Rights to Your Child After a One Night Stand
Frankly, you have no rights to that child until after the child is born and you've gone to a district court to establish your rights. Read more »
