Do you know who actually writes the orders in most Oklahoma court cases? Not the judges, they have more important things to do. Most of the final written orders that you will see have been drafted by one of the attorneys in the case. Does this surprise you? Well, if that does — you certainly [...]
Have you got a plan for college for your teenager? This is something that we are thinking about as our older son finishes up his 8th grade year at Longfellow Middle School. Today, I took a trip to the library in Norman to look through a few books on the subject. The best book I [...]
Want to change up the parenting schedule, but can’t get the other parent to agree? You made need to change your approach. I have noticed that many people with visitation problems don’t seem to be able to effectively ask for additional visitation or modification to their custody schedules. In this post, I break down the [...]
For over a year I have had an idle thought that what Oklahoma needs is a resource (whether online or print) that regularly gives parents ideas about what there is to do in the Oklahoma City metro area with their children. I had even thought about developing such an idea for my law office’s website, [...]
Lately, I have had a few facebook contacts choose to limit the information or even limit the contacts (aka “friends”) that are connected to their facebook accounts. When I have discussed this with them, many have said that they feel like facebook is not private and they wanted to change how their information was shared. [...]
Happy New Year! Now that is 2012 and the beginning of a new year we can take stock of the past and decide what good from last year we are going to take into this new year and what bad we are going to leave. It may be cliche to make those resolutions, but it [...]
The divorce court is empowered by statute to award attorney fees in a divorce case. In particular, the broadest statute for the ward of attorney fees and costs is Title 43 O.S. Section 110. Section 110 reads in part: D. Upon granting a decree of dissolution of marriage, annulment of a marriage, or legal separation, [...]
One of the most frustrating parts of family law is that there are rarely clear winners and losers. Once a client asked me, “Mr. Taylor, what is your win-loss ratio.” My response was “What do you consider a win or a loss?” Too many times a family law case evades classification of a clear win [...]