Visitation Rights

If you have a question regarding Oklahoma visitation laws, Contact the Oklahoma Family Law Center to speak with a visitation lawyer today.

Oklahoma child custody laws determine which parent the child/children are granted physical custody to. The parent that is not granted physical custody is normally granted visitation rights unless it is not in the best interest of the child. If for any reason the noncustodial parent is denied his/her visitation rights or his/her visitation rights are interfered with, they may file a motion for the enforcement of visitation rights. Due to the delicate nature of children, this motion immediately issues a order for mediation or a hearing that will be no more than 21 days after the motion was filed.

If the court finds that the custodial parent has been interfering with the visitation of the noncustodial parent, Oklahoma visitation rights law allows the court to create a specific visitation schedule, compensate the noncustodial parent the time missed with the child/children with equally valuable time which could be supervised, assign responsibility of attorneys fees to the custodial parent, assign one or both parents to counseling that will focus on the impact of visitation disputes on children and if the situation called for more drastic measures, the court can modify previous child custody rulings.

If the court finds that the custodial parent has not been interfering with the child visitation they have the judicial power to assign all of the attorney's fees, mediation costs and court costs to the noncustodial parent.

Oklahoma child visitation laws are designed to protect the interest of the child or children involved. Contact an Oklahoma visitation lawyer at the Oklahoma Family Law Center today.