Oklahoma Divorce Laws
What to Expect When Help Yourself Divorce Prepares Your Oklahoma No Fault Divorce.

Grounds for Divorce in Oklahoma.
Help Yourself Divorce is a no-fault divorce service, so if you decide to use our service, your divorce papers will be prepared based on the ground of incompatibility.

-From §43 101 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

 

Oklahoma Residency Laws.
To file for divorce in Oklahoma, either the petitioner or the respondent must have been an actual resident of the state of Oklahoma, in good faith, or a resident of any United States army post or military reservation within the State of Oklahoma, for six months immediately preceding the filing of the petition for divorce. The divorce should be filed in the county where the petitioner has resided for 30 days, or in the county where the respondent resides.

-From §43 102-103 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Filing Divorce in Oklahoma.
After filing the divorce papers with the court, you "serve" your spouse by mail or hand-delivery. Formal service by process server or sheriff is not required in uncontested cases. Your spouse will sign a form stating that he or she has received the papers, and that form will be filed with the court.

 

Oklahoma Final Divorce Hearing.
Uncontested divorces are finalized during a hearing, where many uncontested divorces are granted during the same hearing. If there are no minor children of the marriage, the court can hold your final uncontested divorce hearing, and your divorce can be finalized once at least 10 days have passed since filing the divorce petition. If there are minor children of the marriage, the court can hold your final uncontested divorce hearing, and your divorce can be finalized once at least 30 days have passed since filing the divorce petition. The court may order an earlier hearing in the case of an emergency duly shown by application setting forth good cause, and found to be good cause in the opinion of the trial court.

-From Title 12 of the Rules for District Courts of Oklahoma.

Learn more about the divorce procedure.

 

Additional Information.
In all actions for divorce where the interest of a child under 18 years of age is involved, the court may require all adult parties to attend an educational program concerning, as appropriate, the impact of separate parenting and coparenting on children, the implications for visitation and conflict management, development of children, separate financial responsibility for children and such other instruction as deemed necessary by the court. The program shall be educational in nature and not designed for individual therapy.

-From §43-107 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

 

When a divorce is granted, the wife shall be restored to her maiden or former name if she so desires.

-From §43-121 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

 

Neither spouse is allowed to remarry, or to cohabit with another person in the state of Oklahoma if the marriage took place in another state, within six months from the date a decree of divorce is granted in the state of Oklahoma. Any person violating the provisions of this section by such marriage shall be deemed guilty of the felony of bigamy. Any person violating the provisions of this section by such cohabitation shall be deemed guilty of the felony of adultery.

-From §43-123 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

 

 

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