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How Can I Renegotiate My Child Support?

As financial circumstances change, you may find you need to adjust your child support accordingly. Whether you are looking for an increased support payment to cover the increasing costs of raising your child, or you want to lower the payment amount to match your new circumstances, there is a process for renegotiating your child support . When filing for a change, here are the 4 steps you should ...

Do I Need to Hire a Lawyer to Adopt?

By definition, adoption is the legal establishment of parental rights over another person. Therefore, no matter the type of adoption, the age of the child, or the benefits you are looking to receive, all adoptions in Oklahoma require an attorney, and for good reason: Adoption attorneys provide a number of additional benefits. Below, we list 3 of them. Reason #1: An Adoption Lawyer Will Know the ...

What is Attractive Nuisance?

Suffering an injury on the property of another person can be a frightening experience. However, if you are not legally on the property, the landowner owed you no duty of care other than to refrain from causing you willful or wanton harm. In Oklahoma, trespassers who are injured on someone else’s property cannot hold the property owner liable for their injuries. On the other hand, if the trespasser ...

Does Self-Defense Apply to My Assault Case?

In Oklahoma, an individual who has been arrested for or charged with a violent crime , whether it be assault or a murder crime, can avoid criminal penalties if there is evidence to support the defendant acted in self-defense within the scope of the state laws. These laws provides broad protections for those who reasonably acted in defense of themselves or others. The Sooner State recognizes that ...