Legal Question in Family Law in Oklahoma
child support
what are the laws or statues in oklahoma on child support? i make 350.00 a week and the judge said im going to haft to pay more than what the support gudlines say because he said he knows that i can make more money than what i do. ive given them my tax returns and everything that they have ask for. im doing all i can as far as my income. my children have no daycare or medical expense so can the judge just make up my support $ amount because he thinks thats what i should pay? or is he over stepping his bounds as a judge?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: child support
The Oklahoma statute is as follows:
"The district or administrative court may deviate from the amount of child support indicated by the child support guidelines if the amount of support so indicated is unjust, inequitable, unreasonable, or inappropriate under the circumstances, or not in the best interests of the child. If the district or administrative court deviates from the amount of child support indicated by the child support guidelines, the court shall make specific findings of fact supporting such action."
If the court has deviated from the guidelines it must make specific findings of fact to justify the deviation. You should have access to the court's findings of fact; your attorney should be able to get you a copy. If you choose to argue the findings, you'll want to consider an attorney to advance the argument.
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