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Recently, In Oklahoma, a woman died while in the care of a nursing home. The original injury occurred after staff dropped her during physical therapy. The nursing aides refused to believe the elderly woman when she claimed to have broken her femur bone during her therapy. Adding to the neglect caused in dropping her the Nursing Home failed to treat the broken femur for…
Malicious Injury to Property in Creek County is either a felony or a misdemeanor. In the fall of 2016, Oklahoma passed two state questions: SQ 780 and SQ 781. First, SQ 780 reclassified simple drug possession and property crimes to misdemeanors instead of felonies. Consequently, SQ 781 requires the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to use actual data to calculate savings…
Unauthorized Use of a Motorcycle is usually more of a misunderstanding then a crime. Oklahoma has laws regarding the use of motorcycles. However, you may not expect that unauthorized use of a motorcycle is a law. First, the typical two-wheel motor bike is a motorcycle. But, three-wheel motor vehicles, and motor bikes with 150 cubic cm engines are also motorcycles. Therefore, scooters and three-wheelers…
Our Sapulpa expungement attorneys can help you get your criminal record sealed. Expungements can remove or “seal” past offenses on your criminal record if you are eligible. Having a past charge or conviction available for the public eye can impose a multitude of burdens in your life when it comes to looking for a job, buying or renting a house, or simply keeping the…
Our clients going through custody battles and divorces involving children, commonly ask us about child support and how it calculates. Child support calculation depends on a number of factors. This article will walk through the basic process of child support calculation or child support modification and how it will affect you. Oklahoma Child Support Laws The Oklahoma Statutes governing child support are under Title…
Annually, the US provides close to 500,000 visas for immigrants. This can be for employment, student work, or in some cases marriages. While the amount of people receiving a marriage visa is relatively small—only about 6% of yearly visas are marriage visas—they are still important for couples wishing to marry in which one spouse is international. The process take time, but does not have…
Some news outlets have been discussing “The Opioid Epidemic” lately. This is a broad reference to the use of and illegal possession of prescription drugs. A 2016 Oklahoma Watch report lists prescription drug abuse as a leading contributor to 59% of overdoses in the state. This means that prescription drugs like Hydrocodone, Xanax, etc. are opiates contributing to drug abuse and on occasion death….
After you receive a criminal conviction you will have a sentencing hearing. Depending on the crime, you may be eligible for either a deferred sentence or a suspended sentence. There are few differences between these sentences, but they are important. This article will summarize them for you. Deferred Sentence Title 22 is Oklahoma’s criminal procedure section. Under §991c it describes a deferred sentence. If…
In rare cases a court may allow a potential father to request a prenatal paternity test. An example of one case is if a potential father does not believe he is the father of his wife’s child and wants to finalize a divorce. This is simply because courts generally do not allow a divorce until after a child is born if the woman is…
Getting Kidnapping Crimes Explained to a person helps them understand the elements of the crime. Annual kidnapping crime statistics show that each year around 800,000 people are subject to kidnaps and kidnap attempts. This is roughly over 2,000 kidnappings that occur each day. Of these 800,000 annual kidnappings, researchers estimate that 200,000 of them are parental kidnappings. This article will explain the legal elements…