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So a separate maintenance or a legal separation and petition and matter allows you to divide assets, divide debts. You can get child custody determinations, custody, visitation, child support. You can request alimony. You can request the other party to pay your attorney's fees.

There is no separation period required before filing for divorce, however. It's worth remembering that, even after a divorce, Oklahoma requires a six-month wait before either party can get remarried.

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Writs of habeas corpus are also used in situations where there is statutory custody, such as in a paternity action. If the child is detained away from the mother, and there's no custody order, then she can seek out a writ of habeas corpus to recover the child and get custody under the statute.

Doing it yourself: You can write up court papers yourself and file them with the court clerk, asking that the judge set a hearing to decide if a modification of child support will be ordered. You should always talk to a lawyer and have your paperwork reviewed before you do this.

The first step is to make sure an existing court order has been violated. Once the violation is established your attorney will prepare an Application for Contempt and set an arraignment date. At the arraignment the party charged with contempt will plead either guilty or not guilty.