Oklahoma Recent Legal Answers from Lawyers

You definitely need to hire counsel. The incidents seems far removed to warrant a protective order today, unless there is more to the pattern of contacts than indicated here. Secure counsel as far in advance of your court date as you can. Be straight with counsel. Don't worry about trying to look as good as possible to counsel. Give him or her all the facts, good, bad or even downright ugly. Any dancing around or dodging something unfavorable to you can hurt you, because counsel will not be prepared for it when it comes up if you do not set your self-image aside and give all relevant information to your counsel. Best wishes.... Read More

The question depends on whether he can be treated as having constructive possession. Violation of his probation takes a very low standard of proof. It isn't that you can not own firearms. It's that it may be less than a stellar idea for him to rely on my parent never told me the code, particularly if there is an automatic record of each entry into the closet.... Read More

Yes and no.  By depositing the check, you probably did agree to the terms, but the law provides that you have at least a week to revoke any release or waiver of age discrimination claims.  If, as I expect, your severance agreement contained such a release or waiver, I believe you would have the remainder of the week to revoke your acceptance by returning the money.  It is possible that the severance agreement also provided, explicitly, that you would have a period of time to revoke any acceptance.   ... Read More

You are unsafe, according to you, but your little brothers are safe? One does not sound like the other. Your father is facing charges. Your mother is involved in drugs. How DHS is not already all up in your young life is a bit of a mystery. Your aunt could get counsel and seek an emergency guardianship as part of an effort to seek a more permanent guardianship. She doesn't have to ask for all children. Frankly, if you are being hit by your father, you might be better off in a foster home if your aunt can't or won't act.... Read More

You are a witness. You can speak to defense counsel, or not, as you elect Unless you have been ordered not to by the court, you can speak to the media, though they may eat you alive if you do. Do not contact the defendant directly. You may not be prohibited, but it puts him in a dangerous spot due to his no contact order.... Read More

First of all, he did not steal the car. She lent her name to him to enable him to have a car. I hope it is a lesson learned. As to the title, if it is titled in Oklahoma, she can get a duplicate license. When it comes in, she can sign the back of it, as if she is the seller. She will need to also fill out the bottom attachment. Send the now endorsed title to your brother. Then she needs to go to a tag agency to make sure she gets her name off the title. Now, if she also lent her name to the loan, she's in a mess, and may be obligated as to the dealership and/or loan company. In that case, she may be obligated to pay the loan, if your brother does not continue paying. If title is in a state other than Oklahoma, you will need to get legal advice from someone licensed in the other state. Also, she may still be liable for the tollway tickets, but you need to seek advice from a licensed attorney in that state, as there may be exceptions.... Read More

DHS may consider asking the godparents if they would like to become foster parents for the children, but have no mandate to do so. Likewise, DHS may consider a kinship placement, but is under no mandate to do so. Unless a placement by DHS results in harm to a child, the court is not going to override decisions by DHS on placement.... Read More