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How Do I Prove I’m a Good Dad in an Oklahoma Court?

So how do you prove you’re a good dad in court? My name is Brian L. Jackson, I’m a Tulsa father’s rights attorney here with dads.law, where fathers are not disposable. And I want to talk about a really simple question. How do you prove you’re a good dad? She says that you aren’t that involved. You know you are. How do you prove it?

A couple of things that are good evidence that demonstrate that you’re engaged and involved. Obviously like photographs, lots of photographs showing you doing different things with the kids, that’s a good one. Be able to talk about, you know, what is the child’s daily routine like? What responsibilities have you assumed? You know, how often? You know, you might bring in a witness, like if the kid’s in school, how often have you met with the teacher? Bring the teacher in. If you’re going to a lot of parent-teacher conferences, the teacher will know your name. They’ll be able to testify that you show up and you’re engaged. Same thing with other people in the kid’s life, like for example, if they attend a church group, a youth group leader, you know, if they know you on a first name basis, that’s good.

There are coaches, doctors, dentists, things like that. You can bring those witnesses in to say, no, this guy’s really engaged. You might also bring in receipts and other financial records to show things you’ve done to support the child. You know, if you’re the one that took the kid shopping for clothes, then the receipts tend to back that up. That kind of thing shows you’re engaged, you’re doing all the right things. Grades are important. If the child’s been in your care a chunk of the time, what do their grades look like? How are they doing in their various extracurricular activities? You know, these are all things that a court would look at to determine are you doing the job or are you not doing the job?

Proving Your Involvement

And certainly, if you can create a bunch of, if you can show a bunch of witnesses, create a good list of exhibits showing you doing various things with the child, it’s gonna be very hard for mom to convince a judge you’re not that engaged, you’re not that involved, that she’s the one that’s been doing everything. So that’s kind of some examples of how you might demonstrate, no, really, I’m engaged, I’m a good dad.

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If you have questions about that or you’re dealing with a situation where you are fighting over child custody, then you need a good lawyer. And one place you can find a good Oklahoma child custody lawyer is at dads.law, where fathers are not disposable.