UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS:
- ABA Handbook for Clients
- The Process (flow chart)
- Outline of the Process
- Family Law Dispute Resolution
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS:
- Participation Agreement
- Collaborative Fee Agreement
- Your Steps Through the Collaborative Divorce Team Process
- Coaches:
- Financial Neutral:
- Child Specialists
- List of Collaborative Professionals
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
HYBRID PROCESS:
MEDIATION PROCESS:
COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR SPOUSE:
- Steps to Listening and Speaking
- Ground Rules for Communication
- Communicating Your Needs
- Interests That We All Have in Common
- Stress on the Brain
PARENTS:
- Tulsa Divorce Court Requirements for Divorcing Couples with Minor Children
- Helping Children Cope with Divorce
- Tips for Parents
- Effects of Divorce on Children
- Relocation Statute
- Visitation Discussion for Children Birth to 5 Year
- Oklahoma Advisory for Visitation
- Judicial Order of Parental Conduct
PARENTING:
- Booklet from Family and Children's Services: "Helping Children cope with Divorce: When Parents Live Apart".
- Robin Williams Vows to Keep Divorce Civil
- How to Cut the Cost of Divorce
- 12 Money Mistakes that Could Cost you a Million Dollars
- Smart Money's Happy Divorces
NEW CLIENT INFORMATION:
- New Client Intake Form - Word
- New Client Intake Form - PDF
- Monthly Expense Sheet
- Protection through the Automatic Temporary Injunction
- Alternative Insurance Options
WORKSHEETS:
- Property Division Worksheet - Excel
- Property Division Worksheet - PDF
- Property for Household - Excel
- Information Gathering Checklist
- Dividing Stuff
- Monthly Expenses - Word
- Monthly Expenses - Excel
- Monthly Expenses - PDF
ATTORNEY FEES:
- How to Keep Attorney Fees Down
- Collaborative Fee Agreement
- Hybrid Fee Agreement
- Mediation Fee Agreement
- Litigation Fee Agreement
TAX INFORMATION:
- www.IRS.gov has information about taxes of divorced and separated couples. Look for IRS Publication 504
- IRS Publication 504: Divorced or Separated Individuals
- Publication 501. Exemptions. Standard Deduction and filing information
- Publication 523, Sellling Your Home
- IRS Publication 551: Basis of Assets
- Publication 590: Individual Retirement Arrangements
- Publication 919: How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding?
- Publication 929: Tax Rules for Children and Dependents
- Publication 938: Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
- Publication 972: Child Tax Credit:
- Form 8332 Release/Revocation of Release of Claim of Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent
- OKDHS form: Tax Information for Divorced Parents
OTHER RESOURCES:
- www.FamiliesInTransition.com - This is the Tulsa County Family Court website. It has the family law judges, their daily dockets, a child support computation program, resources and forms.
- www.YourDivorceChoice.com - This is the Oklahoma Academy of Collaborative Professionals website. It explains the collaborative process and lists all the members of our local group. These members have had specialized training in order to be collaborative professionals.
- www.CollaborativePractice.com - This is the collaborative professionals’ international organization called International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. This website also gives information about the collaborative process.
- www.OSCN.net - This is the court network for the State of Oklahoma. You may follow your court docket sheet on this website by going to the home page and clicking “court dockets”. You then choose your county, and type in your case number to see your docket sheet. This is also a good website for finding the statutes and case law.
- www.FCSOK.org - This is Family & Children Services who is the provider of the seminar “Helping Children Cope with Divorce”. They also have many other wonderful programs designed to assist divorcing families.
- www.tulsacountydistrictcourt.com/ - This website is sponsored by the Tulsa County district court and has the most up-to-date information. The forms and information there are especially helpful for those not represented by attorneys. You will find details of the Parenting Plan Conference, and how to take a divorce. There is a child support guideline calculator for your use [but not the easiest to save and work with later]. The judges for the different divorce dockets are listed there along with their invaluable support staff. It is a very good website and something you definitely need to check out if divorcing without counsel in Tulsa.
MISCELLANEOUS:
- Domestic Violence and Custody
- Microsoft Word Converter and Excel Converter
- Additional Info and Worksheet
- Change of Name Packet - This packet is a form handed out by the Tulsa County Law Library located in the Tulsa County Courthouse. I give no legal advice as to its validity. This packet is provided simply as a convenience. If you are in a divorce proceeding, a wife has the opportunity to return to a former name without having to use this packet.
