Determining whether or not you are ready for a divorce is a hard decision, and just thinking about it can be as stressful as finally taking the steps to make it official. However, if you decide that it is the right decision for you, your children or your future, it is important to ensure that you partner with an experienced divorce attorney that will be your best advocate both in the courtroom and outside of it. This is where the Amber Law Group’s dedicated team of lawyers can help guide you through this otherwise stressful situation and find the best outcome possible.

A divorce will inevitably become a strenuous and emotional period for both parties involved. Not only do you have to make decisions that could impact your financial future and the relationships within your family, but you also have to ensure that you are getting a fair outcome that benefits both parties. At Amber Law Group, we understand the impact a divorce can have on the rest of your life and will work aggressively to ensure you have the legal rights and protections needed throughout the process.

The dedicated lawyers at Amber Law Group will take the time to listen to your concerns and goals and work ceaselessly to help achieve your unique needs and goals. Our mission is to ensure that understand each aspect of the legal process and will provide the guidance and legal assistance needed until the process is completed.

If you need someone to stand in your corner and fight for the best interests of your family, our team is here to protect your legal rights. If you are looking for an aggressive divorce lawyer to stand up for your best interests, call today to schedule your free consultation.

A divorce is almost never easy, and when minor children are involved, the emotional and legal difficulties increase significantly. A major issue that needs to be handled with expert care and skill is that of child support. Whether you need to establish an order for child support, enforce it, or modify it, the child support attorneys can offer you elite legal assistance throughout the divorce process and beyond.

As a matter of policy, both the father and mother have a legal obligation to provide financial support for their children. The Income Shares Model to determine child support, which uses a formula based on gross income and number of children to determine the average amount needed to cover expenses for:

Transportation

Basic public educational expenses

Clothing

Entertainment

Housing

Food

After the base child support obligation has been established, modifications can be made for medical and child care costs or other appropriate expenses, in particular when the non-custodial parent has been granted at least 120 overnights of parenting time per year. Deviations can only be made by the court if they are in the best interests of the child and the original award is determined to be unjust, or if both parties come to an agreement beforehand to a different award. Typically, a parent can receive child support until the minor child is 18 years of age, or 20 years of age if they have not graduated high school at that point. If the child is mentally or physically disabled, child support may extend past the 18th birthday as well.

Our family lawyers are sensitive to the emotional and personal difficulties that can arise during the determination of child support. Each part of the divorce proceeding brings with it a unique set of challenges, and you need to be assured that your child support attorney not only understands the complicated laws involved but also has the ability to work with opposing counsel and judges in order to put forth the strongest case that protects your interests. Our Firm will make sure that you understand your rights and the support you and your children are entitled to under state law.

There is no easy part of a divorce, and often times the issue of child custody is the most difficult of all. It is often the part of the divorce process that gets the most emotional and personal. There is nothing more important to a father or mother than their children, and it is understandable that people will do whatever is necessary to keep their children, which may lead to accusations flying and feelings being hurt. You need to rest assured that an experienced child custody lawyer in Tulsa is looking out for your best interests in this situation and knows the complex laws that makeup Oklahoma child custody. Whether you need our Tulsa child custody attorneys to mediate a negotiation outside of court or to provide aggressive litigation, Amber Law Group will fight to protect the legal rights of you and your children.

The courts consider the child’s best interests in determining custody, including their physical, mental and moral welfare. The court has the option of granting custody to one parent or both in joint custody. The courts have no legal preference for custody, nor do they give one parent preference based on gender. If one or both of the parents files for joint custody, a plan must be presented to the court. The plan must include details regarding the following:

Physical living arrangement

Child support

Medical and dental care

Transportation

Schooling

Visitation rights

The court takes the plan into consideration and issues a final plan with appropriate changes deemed necessary for the best interests of the child. The court also has the option of rejecting a request for joint custody, particularly in the event where domestic violence or abuse has been perpetrated by one of the parties.

Above all else, the child visitation attorneys listen to your concerns to determine what’s most important. Our child support lawyers develop a plan that will provide for the best interests of the children while minimizing conflict and protecting them from the emotional and legal concerns that accompany the actual child custody hearing. While our attorneys are skilled negotiators and mediators who will do their best to come to an agreement for child custody outside of court, we will not hesitate to be as aggressive as you need us to be in order to protect your rights and do what is in the best interests of your children.

Child custody is one of the most difficult areas of family law for everyone involved. The laws are complex, the emotions run hot and the stakes are incredibly high. Retaining the services of a skilled Divorce Attorney can make a world of difference in the divorce proceeding, by providing you with all the necessary facts about your legal rights and keeping your best interests in mind during a difficult and uncertain time in your life.

At first, the most stressful part of filing for divorce comes from the heartbreak and emotional pain of realizing a marriage is no longer working. Unfortunately, it rarely stops at just that. If there are minor children involved, the issue of child custody and child support arises. Then there is the question of property division or separation of assets. This can include determining who keeps the house, an automobile, furniture, retirement plans, and anything else considered to be marital property. The fight for property can often turn just as bitter and personal as a high-conflict child custody battle. It is a difficult and detailed process and can be overwhelming to handle without proper legal help. The Asset and property division lawyers of we have the experience to guide you through the process of property division while protecting your rights and interests and helping you obtain the assets to which you are entitled.

With regards to property division, Oklahoma is an “equitable distribution” state. This is not the same thing as “equal distribution.” If the two parties cannot come to an agreement beforehand, the court will follow a procedure which will determine how to leave each party in a divorce on a relatively equal standing. The first consideration is what constitutes “marital” and “non-marital” property. This involves a legal process known as discovery and may include depositions and requests for documents, records, etc. The court also considers the contribution of each party to the accumulation of assets, which can include time spent providing stability in the home and contributions to education or training. The court will also take the market and emotional value of assets into account, as well as future earning potential. The court then assigns a monetary value to both the property and the debt, after which the assets are distributed in a fair, equitable manner.

Property division is an arduous and complicated process, far more involved than simply splitting assets in half. An experienced property division lawyer is necessary to evaluate your assets and aggressively develop a settlement that is fair for you.