We Fight for Good Men. That's It.

The law does not allow courts to favor one parent based on gender. However, judges often try to preserve the status quo, which can benefit a parent who has historically been the primary caregiver. Our job is to challenge the assumption that past arrangements automatically serve a child’s best interests—many children thrive with equal or primary custody with their father, and we advocate for that result when the facts support it.

Get ahead of the filing. Once a divorce petition is filed and served, an automatic temporary injunction bars both spouses from transferring, hiding, or disposing of marital property without the other’s written consent or a court order, except in the usual course of business, to retain an attorney for the case, or for the necessities of life. You should also begin preserving evidence immediately—texts, emails, bank records, tax returns—because deleted information is often impossible to recover later.

Do not discuss the case with your children or question them about the other parent. Do not ask them to choose sides or express custody preferences. If they ask questions, reassure them that both parents love them and the adults are working things out—using your children as leverage almost guarantees custody problems in court.

An Oklahoma father may seek equal or primary custody. The court decides based on the child’s best interests, without a gender preference or a general presumption for a particular custody arrangement, while applying any specific statutory presumptions, including the abuse-related rules in 43 O.S. § 109(I). Many fathers limit themselves because they assume the system works against them. Instead, we focus on showing you what is realistically achievable and how to pursue it.

Possibly. Child support is based largely on both parents’ incomes and, once a parent has at least 121 overnights a year, the number of overnights each parent has. Equal parenting time often significantly reduces support, but the higher-earning parent may still owe some amount; intentionally reducing income to avoid support can backfire and result in the court imputing income.

If a court order gives you parenting time, the other parent must follow it, and a court will excuse a denial only for good cause, such as evidence that the child was being abused during visits. If no court order exists, we can file to establish enforceable parenting time; if an order exists and the other parent is violating it, we can move to enforce it and seek attorney’s fees. In fact, we have successfully held parents accountable in many of these situations.