Tahlequah Lawyer Blog
Modifying Child Custody: The First Thing You Must Know
The important thing to remember is, every custody matter is different, additionally, there's a certain standard you have to meet in court. Read more »
What Happens When Witnesses Don’t Show Up
Well, a lot of times, especially if it's for trial, there's going to end up being a dismissal of whatever the charges are. Read more »
Should You Take a Polygraph Test if You’re Being Accused of a Crime?
Polygraphs are just another tool law enforcement can use. They can use it to start kind of maybe try to poke holes in your story. Read more »
What’s the Difference Between Paper Time and Supervised Time?
Let's say you have a 10-year sentence, 10 years, the amount of time you're on probation. Two years of that is supervised. Read more »
What You Need to Know About Using a Protective Order for Child Custody Matters
Sometimes a parents will run out and get a protective order against the other parent and get the court to put the children on that PO. Read more »
You’re Being Sued for Something You Had Nothing to Do With: What Do You Do?
If your attorney would have a jurisdictional argument, and that happens, you agree to something as simple as a continuance. Read more »
When Does Not Paying Your Child Support Go From a Problem to a Major Problem?
In the state of Oklahoma, if you don't pay your child support, you have more than just a couple of days in jail to worry about. Read more »
What Does a Judge Look For in a Preliminary Hearing?
Judges are looking for, in cases where there's an alleged victim, identity, whether or not the victim's been identified. Read more »
Do Juvenile Delinquents Get a Preliminary Hearing?
According to the Tahlequah Attorney, "Preliminary hearing would be to see if the child could be certified as an adult." Read more »
What Is a Preliminary Hearing?
A preliminary hearing is something you don't want to go into on your own. You want an attorney there with you. Read more »
Can You Transfer Your Case To Tribal Court?
If you're looking at guardianships or deprived cases or anything like that, you can file a motion to transfer your case to tribal court. Read more »
Who Has Custody When There’s No Custody?
The general standard practice on that is that the mother is going to have custody without an actual custody order. Read more »
What Is a Stay?
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. Read more »
Kids in Court: What Is an in-Camera?
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? Read more »
Protective Orders: What They Do and Don't Cover
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. Read more »
What's the Difference Between a Dangerous Weapon and a Deadly Weapon?
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. Read more »
When's the Best Time To Hire an Attorney in a Criminal Case?
An attorney can help you whenever you're drafting statements or your own personal injury type of statements there for law enforcement. Read more »
Are Active Efforts Required in Anything Besides a Juvenile Deprived Case?
Under ICWA, when you remove a child from their parent's home, you have to follow a certain set of guidelines. Read more »
Can What You Said in a Protective Order Be Used Against You Later?
It's really important to talk to an attorney before going into a protective order and just blurting out all this stuff. Read more »
Does McGirt Apply To Everyone?
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. Read more »
What Should You Know About Drug Testing?
There are three real types of drug tests that you're going to come into contact with within the court system. Read more »
What’s the Difference in Misdemeanor, Felony, or Crime in the Cherokee Nation Courts System?
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. Read more »
What Happens to Your Other Cases After a Successful McGirt Motion?
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. Read more »
When the Law Changes Retroactivity: How It Affects Your Case
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. Read more »
Facts About Possession Of A Firearm As An Adjudicated Delinquent In Oklahoma
Juveniles can and do break the law. Hence, all jurisdictions have different ways of dealing with minors when they break the law. For some crimes, minors can be charged and treated as an adult. This may happen with serious crimes such as murder. In other situations, a minor can be treated as a youthful offender […] Read more »
