Understanding Custody Rights for Deployed Service Members
Hello, I’m Oklahoma City Attorney Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office. Today we are going to be discussing whether or not a military member’s deployment can be considered a permanent and substantial change to modify a custody agreement.
Very simply put, the answer is no. There are many safeguards that I discuss in a few other videos that are put in place to protect service members from major changes while they are deployed or acting for the country.
Understanding Deployment and Custody Agreements
One of the other videos talked about what was previously known as the Soldiers and Sailors Act, which is now referred to as the Service Members Civil Relief Act. Today, Oklahoma has gone a step further and put into place Title 43, Section 112.7, a statute that states very simply that a deployment by a service member is not going to be considered a permanent and substantial change to modify a custody order.
The state does not want service members put at a disadvantage simply because they are serving their country overseas. So again, to summarize, your deployment with the military cannot be used as a reason for a permanent and substantial change to modify a custody order.
Protecting Service Members’ Rights
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