The Craig County Family Law Attorneys at Tulsa Divorce Attorneys and Associates help with all family cases throughout Oklahoma. If you’re facing a family law problem you understand the frustration it brings. Not only do you have to deal with the opposing party and the aggravation they bring you may have additional issues involving separation from your children. Although an intact home is the best way to raise your children sometimes the constant fighting between the parents turns your home into a mini war zone. If this is you and you’ve given the relationship your all we can help. Our family law attorneys handle child custody and divorce and have done so for nearly twenty years. The biggest and most complex part of a divorce or breakup of parents is the custody side of it. If you’re filing a divorce or child custody case and want to know where to file the case read on. Otherwise read through our blog for topics interesting to you
Where Do I File For Divorce or Custody
Where you file your divorce depends on where you live and how long you’ve lived there. If you live in Craig County at the time you file and you’ve lived
there for the last six months the divorce is filed in the Craig County District Court. Basically you have to live in the State for six months prior to filing. You must also live in the County that you’re filing in for thirty days prior to filing. In the case where there are minor children of the marriage and your asking the court to determine custody you’ll file in the State and County that the children live in.
Craig County Family Law Attorneys Near You
If you’re facing divorce or a paternity case and you need help we can do it. Our Craig County Oklahoma family law attorneys have handled all sorts of cases. From simple agreed divorce on to emergency guardianship and step parent adoptions we’ve done them. Although a family law case requires extreme understanding of family law sometimes you need just a little more. Before we take your case to trial our attorneys have the touch that sometimes is best settled by negotiation. Call us today and get a free and private consultation. Call 530-302-0303
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