
Who gets custody if the parents are unwed is decided by filing a paternity case. In Oklahoma, when parents are unwed and have not established legal paternity or custody through a court order or other legal means, the default legal custody arrangement typically grants sole custody to the mother. The court order must be signed by a District Court judge in the county where the child resides. This means that, without this adjudication of paternity, the mother typically has both physical and legal custody of the child…. Read More