The Baysinger Law Firm, Resolution Resources, PLLC can provide complete, professional legal services in the Tulsa, Owasso and surrounding Green Country area through facilitative negotiation techniques and traditional litigation. Clients are helped to make informed decisions and to discover creative solutions to their disputes. With experience in the practice of law of Divorce, Mediation, Collaboration, Adoption and Modification they are able to provide you with the advice, counsel and representation you need. So, if you need a divorce lawyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma this is the lawyer for you.

Laura H. Baysinger has been an attorney since 1993 and a native of Oklahoma. And she understands that divorce or dissolution of a marriage is a stressful and emotional time for families. It is first and foremost about the lives of the people involved. Divorce permanently changes the lives of both spouses and children. Questions regarding how to support yourself and your children, where to live, how to pay debts, etc., need to be answered. If you or your spouse has determined that divorce is the only way to go, The Baysinger Law Firm is equipped to be your legal counselor through the process. In addition to protecting your legal rights and guiding you through the process, they will recommend that a relationship with a counselor or a therapist be established to assist you with the emotional changes that arise throughout the process. They can help you understand the legal issues in your divorce and can represent you zealously through the process.

Sometimes parenthood may be in question so a paternity action is instigated when the parents of a child are not married. Paternity is the legal and social acknowledgment of the paternal relationship between a parent and his/her child. When paternity is at issue, any party in interest can ask the court for a determination of paternity. If a person consents to being the child’s parent they can sign an Affidavit Acknowledging Paternity, which establishes the legal relationship between the parent and child. If a person denies that they is the parent or is not sure, a DNA or genetic test can be court ordered to determine if they are indeed the parent. Once paternity is established, child support is ordered pursuant to the Child Support Guidelines. Further, once paternity is established, custody issues and visitation/timesharing with the child as determined in the child’s best interest are ordered by the court.

Sometimes legal separation is an appropriate choice when parties want to live apart but not divorce. Couples can live apart without a formal legal separation; however, a court ordered legal document is necessary to provide for the division of assets and debts, for support alimony, for property division and for issues related to time with your child/children during the separation. A legal separation essentially follows the steps involved in a divorce proceeding without the ultimate divorce decree being entered. A legal separation can last as long as the parties’ desire, however, either party always has the right to change the proceeding to a divorce or dissolution of marriage action.

Collaborative Law is an alternative process to the traditional litigation model for divorcing couples who prefer to maintain decision-making control over their lives as opposed to going to court and asking a judge to decide the issues regarding their child/children and the division of their assets and debts. Both parties and their attorneys commit to resolve their differences without resorting to litigation or the threat of litigation. The issues are resolved by carefully determining the needs and interests of each party. Collaborative attorneys are specially trained in this process. They assist the parties in negotiating solutions to their legal problems, advise and educate their client as to legal issues and agree not to take the case to court. Issues are resolved in a series of four-way meetings.

The Baysinger Law firm can also handle enforcement of custody visitation, modification of custody support, guardianship and stepparent adoption as well as prenuptial agreements.

A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup or prenupt, is a contract entered into by 2 people prior to marriage or civil union. The content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, but commonly includes provisions for the division of property should the couple divorce and any rights to spousal support during or after the dissolution of marriage.

There are 2 types of prenuptial agreements: marriage contract for people who are married or about to be married, and cohabitation agreement for unmarried couples. A variation for people who are already married is a postnuptial agreement, also called a post marital agreement.

Most couples do not plan on getting divorced when they are planning their wedding. However, in some cases, a couple can greatly benefit from an agreement addressing how property should be divided after marriage in the event of divorce or in the event of the death of one or the other. A premarital agreement is a contract between individuals planning to marry. In addition to addressing property division and support alimony issues, they can address preserving one party’s inheritance for children from a prior marriage and can set out the property rights of the surviving spouse on the death of the other.

In addition to basic contract law, courts have developed a three-part test to determine the validity of premarital agreements. They look to see if it is fair and reasonable, has full disclosure of spouse is worth and the challenging party did in fact have a general and accurate knowledge of the others worth.

If you and your significant other cannot seem to agree then you might need mediation. Mediation is a confidential voluntary process where an impartial third person called a mediator helps the parties settle their disputes. The goal of mediation is to provide a forum where the parties in conflict can communicate their needs and interests, and thereby take active roles in settling their disputes. Mediation empowers people to control the decisions that affect their lives. While courts can require that certain cases go to mediation, the process is “voluntary”, meaning that the parties are not required to come to an agreement on every issue. If a mutually agreeable settlement cannot be reached, the parties still retain their right to litigate.

This divorce attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma can handle it all!

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