Divorce Oklahoma Custody

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In this state, the courts use the word "custody" without mentioning whether it is physical or legal custody. When the court does not specify the type of custody and simply uses the word "custody", it means both physical and legal custody. The isolated use of this word implies 2 things.

• Where the child should live?
• Who has the right to make decisions regarding the child?

The courts in this state adhere to certain guidelines while determining the type of custody. Some of these are as follows.

• There is no preference contrary to or favoring home schooling, public school and private school
• The custody preference is not gender biased
• While establishing custody, race is not taken into account
• In the custody proceeding, if there is an evidence of immoral demeanor, this must be linked to a probability of harm to the child. Some examples are as follows
  • Exposing the child to users of drugs
  • Exposing the child to irregular intimate sexual contact with a lover
• The relative abilities of the child to fulfill the parenting requirements of the child
• It is presumed that unsupervised visitation, guardianship or custody must not be awarded to a parent who meets the following points
  • Resides with a domestic abuser
  • Is a domestic abuser
  • Is drug or alcohol dependent
  • Resides with a convicted child abuser
  • Is a convicted child abuser
  • Resides with a registered sex offender
  • Is a registered sex offender

Sole Custody

• One parent is granted exclusive control of decisions pertaining to the welfare of the child. This parent is referred to as the custodian
• The non custodial parent is offered rights of reasonable visitation
• The word "reasonable" is highly fact dependent, flexible and broad

• The parents share all or some aspects of legal care, physical custody and control of the child
• The joint custody plan comprises of the terms of time sharing, which decisions would be shared and which would not be
• The parents need not equally divide the time in the time sharing plan. They may accept any variation

• This is a type of divided custody
• The child stays in a single residence
• The parents have a rotating schedule in and out of this residence
• This plan demands considerable cooperation from the parents
• One rarely witnesses that this plan is successful

• Both the father and mother are granted custody of minimum 1 naturally born or legally adopted child

Telephonic Visitation

• This refers to the right of a parent to speak with the child on phone
• If a parent attempts to stop phone calls or harries the child or other parent regarding the calls, the judge can issue specific orders

• One parent can visit the child, but solely when both are supervised by some other person
• The court issues these orders when there is a past record of substance abuse or credible evidence of abuse

• During summer, a parent can have extended periods of visitation

• This refers to the right of the parent to visit the child on a particular holiday

• This is the right of the parent to visit the child on weekends
• This visit begins on Friday and terminates on Sunday or Monday

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