Civil Law
Civil law covers disputes between individuals or organizations, including issues like contracts, property, and family matters. Understanding your rights and options under civil law is crucial when facing conflicts that could impact your finances, relationships, or future. Whether you are dealing with a contract disagreement or family law concerns, consulting a knowledgeable Tulsa civil law attorney can help clarify your situation and guide you through the legal process.
When legal challenges arise, having a skilled advocate makes a difference. The Tulsa attorney team at Wirth Law Office understands the complexities of civil law and is prepared to assist clients in navigating disputes efficiently and effectively. If you need legal help, call Wirth Law Office at (918) 879-1681 to discuss your case and explore your options.
Can I Still Get Medical Treatment After a Car Wreck If I Don't Have Health Insurance?
One thing you can ask medical providers is to see if they treat on what's called a third-party billing basis.
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The 5 Ways to Legally Change Your Name in Oklahoma
So there is a statute in Oklahoma that covers the change of name procedures, and essentially lists the different ways that you can get a name change.
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Who Can File for a Name Change in Oklahoma?
The statute is clear on that, the statute we're dealing with here, it's actually Chapter 33 of Title 12, and it's section 1631 through 1637.
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The 7 Statutory Requirements for a Petition for Name Change in Oklahoma
Oklahoma law does have a specific act, chapter 33 of title 12, and that goes over the requirements to do a name change in Oklahoma, and there are certain requirements that have to be in your petition. And those are laid out, actually, in title 12, section 1632. And there are seven of them, and we'll go through them. The first one. Name and address of the petitioner. That's the person that's requesting the name change.
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What Is the Notice Requirement for a Name Change in Oklahoma?
So once a petition has been filed, you get the matter set for hearing, and then you have to give notice out.
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Can the Publication Requirement for a Petition for Name Change Be Waived in Oklahoma?
Can the publication requirement for a petition for name change in Oklahoma be waived? The answer is pretty straightforward.
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The 6 Reasons a Petition for Name Change Can Be Denied in Oklahoma
The first one is that it's filed for an illegal purpose, and the second one is that it's filed for a fraudulent purpose, but wait there's more.
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Is Being Transgender a Proper Reason for a Name Change in Oklahoma?
Is being transgender a proper reason for a name change? Absolutely in Oklahoma. It's clear-cut in Oklahoma.
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Who Can Object to a Petition for Name Change in Oklahoma?
The court is required to grant the name change unless there's some information in the petition that is untrue.
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How to Legally Change Your Name in Oklahoma
So first off, there are multiple ways to do a name change in Oklahoma but most of them are very specific to your circumstances.
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Is Security Camera Footage Important if You Fall in a Store?
Now, we've all heard the old phrase, "A picture's worth a thousand words," but I'm here to tell you, a video can be worth a thousand pictures.
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Should You Get Employee Contact Information if You Fall at a Store?
One of the things that you can do, after you make sure your immediate medical needs are taken care of, is to see what store employees are around, or maybe, ideally, the ones who were there when the incident happened. And you can just briefly ask them, and always be as polite as you can, "Hey, could I get your contact information?"
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Should You Take Pictures After a Premises Liability Incident?
In the past, I've had clients build their case as simple as taking pictures of the scene after the accident occurred.
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Do You Need to Take Pictures After a Motor Vehicle Collision?
Now immediately following the crash, you're probably going to have quite a bit on your mind. First thing, you're probably going to check and make sure is everyone okay? Does anyone need immediate medical attention?
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Does the Type of Liquid That You Slipped on at a Store Matter?
It actually does make a pretty big difference. One client of mine had clear soap on a tile floor. Couldn't see it at all. He slipped, fell, and tore up quite a bit of stuff in his knee.
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Do You Need to Get a Copy of Your Medical Records After a Personal Injury Matter?
One of the primary things that we do with our clients is coordinate with them in getting those medical records.
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When Should You Ask for an Incident Report After a Premises Liability Incident?
If you are the victim of a premises liability incident such as a slip, trip, or fall, or any incidents in which you're hurt on the property of another person, especially a business, they might have you fill out an incident report.
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Do You Need to Get the Other Person’s Insurance Information After a Car Wreck?
As always, if you find yourself looking for a personal injury attorney in Tulsa in which you need to seek legal help concerning your automobile accident, feel free to contact a Tulsa Automobile Accident Attorney.
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What Should You Do if You Fall in a Store?
One of the primary things you're going to want to look out for is what was it that contributed to your incident.
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Is It Possible to Get Video of Your Car Wreck?
Now I will say in most cases, you're just kind of out of luck. But I have found a few instances in which clients were able to obtain video of the car wreck that was really able to help out their case. And one of the primary ways that I've had clients do this is after the wreck, they kind of looked around the scene to see if any businesses in the area may have had security cameras.
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Where Can I Ask a Legal Question for Free?
At Wirth Law Office we have people answering the phones, helping people out with more general questions all the time for free.
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How to Get Legal Service of Process in Oklahoma
Any time a pleading is filed, a petition is filed, it's got to be served on the other party if it's a civil petition and pleading. And then once it's served, that starts the timeline by which, and the deadline by which, they need to file a response. If no response is filed, you can request the judge enter a default order, granting what you want without hearing from the other side. So to start all that off, to start that timeline, you have to have proper service.
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Three Things Your Attorney Would Love You to Do at the Beginning of Your Case
The first one is a timeline and I call it a narrative timeline. And I would tell my clients, I want you to type up a narrative timeline of all the relevant issues in this case, in chronological order, paragraph form. Each paragraph begins with the date and time and what occurred on that day. And then we go to the next one and we go back all the way to the beginning of when this is relevant. And then it gets more detailed as it's more current. So we may start on, the parties met on this date, if we're talking about a divorce or custody. That they began living together this date, they got in a marriage this date. And then, as we get closer in time, we'll want more specifics regarding those things. So the more serious the event, the more specifics. The closer in time, the more specifics we want. But all of it, we want typed up, paragraph form in chronological order. And in that timeline for anything that's relevant, we want to talk about who witnessed it and you want put those parties names in there.
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Can You Sue a Celebrity for Posting a Photo You Took of the Celebrity?
Bieber Sued for Posting Picture of Bieber Simply Being in a Picture Does Not Give You a Copyright It’s no surprise that someone would be sued for posting a photo of a celebrity on Instagram. What about when the person sued is the same person in the photo? Yes, you read that right. Justin Bieber […]
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Should I Settle My Tulsa Personal Injury Claim or Go to Court?
Many people ask us questions such as, “Should I settle my Tulsa personal injury claim or go to court?” We will attempt to answer this question here. However, keep in mind there is no simple solution. Each case is different, and details matter. Whether you decide to settle your Tulsa personal injury claim or go […]
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