Why is Child Support Not Capped in Oklahoma?
If the party has an income that goes up to a certain level, the child support gets up to a certain level, that should be enough.
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Is the Owner of a Dog the Only One Responsible if You Are Bitten by a Dog?
I had a client who was visiting an apartment complex, and one of the tenant’s dogs better on the arm. Now, the dog in question had a pretty serious past. It had attacked several of the other tenants, as well as a couple of other animals, and the landlord who ran the unit was aware of this. They knew of the dog’s history, and yet they still allowed the tenant to keep the dog on the premises. Now, by doing that, they have potentially opened themselves up to being liable for the injuries to the person as well, and in that particular case, we were able to help get our client compensation for her injuries at the apartment complex.
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Can You Get Compensation From Being the Victim of a Dog Bite?
Can you get compensation for being the victim of a dog bite? Certified paralegal, Christopher Stevens answers that question.
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State Question 805: How Does It Affect Certain Crimes? (Part 7)
First off, violent offenses, which means that they are on a list of violent offenses listed by statute, those crimes, they’re not affected by State Question 805 at all.
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State Question 805: What About The Victims? (Part 6)
If you are a registered victim with the Department of Corrections, you are entitled to notice if your perpetrator files a request for sentence modification based on State Question 805.
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State Question 805: Does 805 Have Retroactive Application? (Part 5)
Does Oklahoma State Question 805 have a retroactive application? I’m Tulsa criminal defense attorney James Wirth. Does it apply retroactively, and the answer is yes, it does.
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State Question 805: What Is A Violent Crime Under 805? (Part 4)
First off violent crime does not mean what the common-sense definition of violent crime might be or what the Webster’s dictionary violent crime definition might be. When it comes to the law, definitions are what the statute says it is. And even if it’s nonsensical, that’s what the definition is.
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State Question 805: What Is Sentence Enhancement? (Part 3)
Oklahoma has the habitual offender statute and that deals with general enhancement and then also many crimes also have a specific enhancement.
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State Question 805: Why Is It a Constitutional Amendment? (Part 2)
In Oklahoma, you need to get 8% of the voting population to sign off on your initiative petition if you want to introduce it to be a new law.
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State Question 805: What's It About? (Part 1)
Oklahoma locks up 655 people for every 100,000, which makes Oklahoma the number one nation in the world for lock-ups.
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How Do You Read a Motor Vehicle Collision Report in Oklahoma?
How do you read a motor vehicle collision report in the state of Oklahoma? Hey everybody, Christopher Stevens here, a certified paralegal with the Wirth Law Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma working in personal injury law alongside a Tulsa personal injury attorney. I am going to show you how to read a motor vehicle collision report in the state of Oklahoma.
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Does McGirt Affect People's Rights to Vote?
McGirt and the right to vote. I’m Oklahoma criminal attorney James Wirth, and I’m talking about how the McGirt decision may affect people’s rights to vote.
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Wirth Law Office's own Retired Judge Ken Adair is reviewee about State Question 805
What is Oklahoma State Question 805? State Question 805 would forbid a person’s previous non-violent felony convictions from being used against them to increase the person’s sentence. Hon. (Ret.) Ken Adair spent nine years as a district judge in Oklahoma. He believes the reform that SQ 805 brings is long overdue.
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Do You Need to Call the Police After a Motor Vehicle Collision?
Without the police there, there’s no ref calling balls strikes, anything like that. It was kind of he said, she said scenario.
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Can You Vote in Oklahoma After a Felony Conviction?
Election laws are governed by state law. It does not necessarily matter where your conviction is, it’s where you’re planning to register to vote. In Oklahoma, the law is different than some states.
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Should You Ask for Witness Statements After a Motor Vehicle Collision?
Most of the time, you’re probably not going to get too many people to stop. It’s one of the unfortunate realities nowadays. But if you are able to get someone who is stopping at the scene, checking to see if people are all right, just ask them, “Hey, would you mind if I get a brief statement from you?”
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McGirt Class Action: Municipalities' Response
Oklahoma attorney, James Wirth discusses the municipalities’ response to the class action lawsuit under McGirt.
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McGirt Class Action: State's Response
What is the state’s response to the class-action lawsuit, seeking fines and costs back to defendants who were prosecuted improperly in state court in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation? Tulsa criminal attorney James Wirth has that answer.
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McGirt: Can Tribes Prosecute Non-Indians?
The Violence Against Women Act that became federal law in 1994, it added the ability for tribes to prosecute certain offenses even against non-natives. And those crimes are domestic violence, dating violence, violation of protective orders, where one of the three things occurs.
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McGirt: Where Are the Tribal/Reservation Boundaries?
Where are the tribal boundaries? Oklahoma attorney, James Wirth, speaks on McGirt and the repercussions that follow it.
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McGirt: When Jurisdiction Not Addressed at Trial and Direct Appeal is Pending
What happens when you did not question the jurisdiction of the court under McGirt at your trial and your case is now on direct appeal? Oklahoma Attorney, James Wirth answers.
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McGirt: Direct Appeal Denied at the Trial Level?
What happens when you make a McGirt argument on direct appeal after being denied at the trial level? Tulsa attorney, James Wirth answers that question.
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