Oklahoma Recent Legal Answers from Lawyers

You do not indicate the amount. You do not indicate why you were ticketed. Inside ten minutes would not seem to exceed any limits which might be posted. Were you parked in no parking area, or handicapped, or in more than one space. Pay it and move forward, or contest it and devote time and treasury both to the matter.... Read More

Start treatment for your injuries. Engage counsel to assist you on the financial recovery. Counsel can file a claim on the truck driver company's insurance on your injuries, your daughter's injuries and the property damage. Let your counsel deal with the insurance folk. If you are called by anyone, simply and without explanation, refer the person over to counsel. All they really want from you is a way to deny or reduce your claim, so let counsel deal with them. The truck driver does not decide liability, nor do you. Even if he were actually 'pushed', the driver was too close to you if he made contact into your vehicle. His company can seek out the other driver to go against that person, if the person existed at all. You have your own separate criminal legal issue. Driving w/o a valid license is an offense, but your lack of a license does not decide who is liable in the accident. Do not delay in securing counsel. Depending on who you select for counsel, he or she may be able to address the accident and the DL issue. Many of us are still general practitioners and have experience in several fields of law. Best wishes for a complete recovery to both you and your daughter.... Read More

A child born during a marriage is presumed to be the husband's. After two years, if unchallenged, that presumption holds, unless the bio father appears, and the named father, bio father and mother are of one accord, and the court accepts, that the bio father should become the legal father. There may also be room for the two year clock to be on hold if the husband is active military. You do not indicate how old the child is, and it is not in son's favor that he has apparently not challenged the paternity before a divorce went through, but seeing counsel is necessary if there is any opportunity to undo the lack of action to date.... Read More

Police and clerks are not defense counsel. Nor are they neutral advocates. So why put your future in their hands. Talk to a criminal defense attorney with DUI experience before you go to court. There is still time. Even if a plea is the best option, and you can not know that, you need counsel. And fast.... Read More

If he is charged with violating a protective order, he will be charged with a crime. The officers may have not believed your version of events. The officer's may have believed you, but felt there was insufficient evidence available to make an arrest. You can press the matter further if you elect.... Read More