Charles Watts
Charles grew up in a family construction business and has been dealing with contracts and legal issues for over 30 years. He went to law school to reduce cost in the business, however during this time found a new passion in helping people through the legal hurdles that we all face at some point in time in our life.
Charles has been married to his wife Gina since 2003 and they have an adopted daughter whom they have had since birth. Actually since day one, as they were in the birthing room when she was born. Going through the adoption process has given us insight and experience from the clients view and understand the stress that comes along with an adoption, not to mention they have also undergone the stress of three failed IVF rounds, so understanding that stress and expense is nothing new to them either.
Charles focuses mostly on Family Law issues, such as Guardianships, Divorce, Custody or Visitation, and Adoptions. However, he is also very adept with Construction Law, general Business Law, and Tax Law.
Please feel free to reach out for a free phone consultation for your legal need.
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- ID Number: 33066
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- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
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- United States Tax Court
- ID Number: WC21156
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- English: Spoken, Written
- University of Oklahoma
- B.A. | Business and Legal Issues, with a Constitutional Studies minor
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- Oklahoma City University
- MBA | Business Administration
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- Oklahoma City University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Boston University School of Law
- LL.M. (2020) | Tax Law
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- Oklahoma Bar Association # 33066
- Member
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- American Bar Association
- Current
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- American Adoption Congress
- Current
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- Adoption without Consent, Oklahoma Paralegal Association Annual Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Paralegal Association
- Discussing the basic ins and outs of adoptions without consent.
- Q. Once a zoning law is put in place, can it be reversed? Our county clerk says once a law is in place it can’t be changed?
- A: The answer technically is yes it could be reversed .... Theoretically it is not in place forever, but to remove it takes the same procedures as it does to add it. In other words, if your county commissioners are required to have 75% approval to pass something into law, then to 'change' or 'remove' that from law it also would require 75% approval. So, in essence, once it is on, it usually stays in place because getting the required votes to remove it is something that would normally take years because the commissioners would all have to be replaced with the ones that had opposing view.
- Q. When my grandmother passes will my underage cousin living with her have squatters rights even if house is in my name?
- A: If he has permission to be there, then he would have to be removed like any other person who had a legal right to be there. You would have to evict them from the property. Since he is there by permission, the 'squatters rights' or ownership by adverse possession is defeated - he will not be able to claim ownership, but he can claim he has a right to be there until evicted.
- Q. If the victim of a no contact order tries to contact defendant, is it a violation?
- A: In the short answer -- No that is not a violation. In Oklahoma, only a defendant against whom a protective order has been issued may be held to have violated the order. 22 OS 60.6(H) --- Therefore if the Victim makes contact or attempts to make contact, this is not a violation of the order.
I agree with Mr. Tiernan in that realistically it is best to make sure all contact is avoided. The Defendant should do their best to prevent the victim contacting them, and if they are contacted, they need to document and log everything with as much detail as possible.
