The general standard practice on that is that the mother is going to have custody without an actual custody order.
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A stay is when a court puts things on hold when they pause all proceedings involving either a certain case or a certain type of topic.
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If you don’t want your kids at the stand and have them have to testify in open court with attorneys badgering them. What do you do?
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f you get a protective order placed on you, you cannot call. You cannot show up. You cannot try to have contact with that person.
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Assault and battery with a deadly weapon, depending on the type of situation because it could be two to life or it could just be 0 to life.
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An attorney can help you whenever you’re drafting statements or your own personal injury type of statements there for law enforcement.
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Under ICWA, when you remove a child from their parent’s home, you have to follow a certain set of guidelines.
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It’s really important to talk to an attorney before going into a protective order and just blurting out all this stuff.
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Before you can just like slap McGirt’s name on a motion, put it through, and get out, you actually have to have it apply to your situation.
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There are three real types of drug tests that you’re going to come into contact with within the court system.
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There is a reason for some of this confusion is because previous to the Hogner and McGirt rulings just within the past six months or so.
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Most of the counties and DAs aren’t just going through dismissing stuff just because, so a lot of times, it takes a little work on your part.
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One thing we’re seeing right now, especially in tribal courts after the McGirt decision last year, is changing a lot of statutes and expanding time for the statute of limitations.
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There have been lots of changes throughout the court systems in Oklahoma and with the tribes ever since the McGirt decision came out.
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The tribes can prosecute felonies and the Cherokee Nation does prosecute felonies. I’ve got several felony cases out at the tribe.
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If you can get a dismissal with prejudice, though, that’s the platinum star. That’s what you want. That’s the best benefit for you.
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Oklahoma has relaxed its laws regarding simple possession of controlled drugs, making all possession involving amounts for personal use into a misdemeanor offense. However, other drug crimes such as possession of an illegal drug with intent to distribute or trafficking illegal drugs remain serious crimes. If you are facing charges for trafficking illegal drugs in […]
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Tahlequah Attorney, Ryan Cannonie, explains a quick way to see if the McGirt case recognizing tribal reservations applies to your location.
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McGirt Is a Supreme Court Case That Re-Acknowledged That the Creek, Muskogee Creek Nation Still Had a Tribal Reservation.
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Most counties had cross deputization agreements with the tribes long before McGirt, the decision got filed. I’m talking years and years and years ago, most tribes gave a cross deputization out to deputies in the counties. So the situation is you can still be pulled over by a lot of officers in Oklahoma. Even if you qualify as a native American member on a reservation, the difference is, is your citations and tickets or if you’re arrested for a DUI, something like that, shouldn’t go to state court, there’s issue you either go to tribal or federal. That’s where you get into a difference.
