Lead Fathers’ Rights Attorney
Jeff Bacon is an Oklahoma family law attorney handling child support defense for fathers across the Oklahoma City metro. His practice covers initial order calculations, self-employment income analysis, parenting-time credit fights, and contested support hearings in Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian, and Logan counties.
Oklahoma Bar Association #33721
The first child support order in a divorce or paternity case sets the financial baseline. Fix it later and you spend money on attorneys and motions. Fix it at the front and you save real money for years. Oklahoma City child support defense is, more than anything, about getting the inputs right before the worksheet becomes an order.
Oklahoma calculates child support under 43 O.S. §§ 118 through 118I using the Income Shares model. The math is statutory. The data going into it is where the fight lives. Without an attorney auditing income, credits, and parenting time, fathers often end up paying on numbers that do not reflect reality.
Every one of these can be misstated. Each misstatement compounds over the life of the order.
Bonuses or overtime treated as guaranteed when they are not. One-time payments rolled into base income. Side income inflated without scrutiny.
Business gross treated as personal income, ignoring legitimate expenses. The fight here is about what truly reaches the parent versus what stays in the business.
Sometimes assigned aggressively where a parent’s situation does not justify imputation.
Visitation offers structured to fall at 119 or 120 overnights to keep the calculation in the higher bracket. Crossing 121 changes the math materially.
Health insurance premiums, child care costs, other-child obligations — all should be on the worksheet. Often they are not.
"Mr. Bacon’s strength of character—his respect, steadfastness, and dedication—set him apart as truly invaluable.
Under an impossible timeline and amid immense pressure, he provided me with the legal representation I not only needed but deserved. His actions remind me that courage and integrity can prevail, even in the most trying of circumstances."
Self-Employment — Self-employed fathers in OKC industries (construction, energy services, professional practices, trades) face the biggest inputs fight. We dig into the business records, distinguish legitimate expenses from personal benefits, and present a defensible income figure.
Variable Income — Commission, oilfield, or seasonal income can produce wildly different snapshots depending on the year used. We push for averages that reflect actual long-term earning, not cherry-picked peaks.
High Income — Above the standard guidelines table, Oklahoma allows the court discretion. Defense focuses on the child’s actual need versus the temptation to set support at a multiple of guidelines.
Cross-County Defense — Oklahoma County, Cleveland County, Canadian County, and Logan County each have local nuances in how DHS and judges approach support cases.
Dads.Law represents OKC men in child support defense. Our work starts with the numbers and ends with an order that holds up.
Tax returns, pay stubs, business records, parenting calendars — we go through them and test the assumptions.
We do not accept the other side’s worksheet at face value. We run our own.
The 121-night threshold matters financially and for the relationship with your kids.
Where the numbers point to a particular support figure, we tell you straight. Where the inputs are wrong, we fight for accurate ones.
No. In Oklahoma, child support and visitation are treated as separate legal issues. Withholding support because visitation is denied can lead to you being held in contempt of court, losing your driver’s license, or even facing jail time. Instead, you should file a Motion to Enforce Visitation to get your time back.
Overtime can be tricky. Generally, the court looks at “gross income,” which includes overtime. However, if your overtime is inconsistent or not guaranteed, we can argue that it should be averaged over several years or excluded entirely if it is not a reliable source of future income.
Generally, a new spouse’s income is not included in the child support calculation for children from a previous relationship. However, having additional children with a new partner may provide you with a “hardship credit” or a deduction for other children in your home, depending on the specific circumstances.
Child support does not stop automatically. The amount you owe continues to accrue every month as “arrears” until a judge signs a new order. It is critical that you file a Motion to Modify immediately upon losing your job. The court generally cannot retroactively change what you owe, only what you owe moving forward from the date you file the motion.
