Filing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Wagoner County

Liens on your house in bankruptcy

Filing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Wagoner County is a great tool for those facing financial problems. If you’re considering filing for bankruptcy, you need to know what kind of bankruptcy you are going to file.  The vast majority of individuals or families file either a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The Chapter 7 is what most people think of when they hear…

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Child Support Modification: Reasons and Process

Child Support Modification

Child support is an ever-changing payment depending on circumstances.  This is especially true for income changes of the paying parent.  If you are the paying parent and you receive a substantial promotion that significantly increases your income, you child support is legally obligated to modify.  On the flip-side, your child support obligations should modify if you lose your job or receive a demotion.  Child…

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Assault and Battery on an Officer

Breaking and Entering

In April of 2017, an Oklahoma City man was charged with assault and battery on an officer.  The man was tailgating an undercover police car.  When the undercover car requested back up, the man fled.  He eventually parked his vehicle and exited it.  While walking down the sidewalk, the man was approached by another officer.  Upon the confrontation with the officer, the man attacked…

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How to File a Workers Compensation Claim

Wagoner Workers Compensation Attorneys

To File a Workers Compensation Claim you must inform your employer of the on the job injury. Many people who suffer workplace injuries need to file a workers compensation claim.  However, people often do not know how to begin to file the paperwork or what the proper process is.  There are definitely time frames and certain reports that you must be aware of in…

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Child Support Calculation in Wagoner County

child support calculation

Child Support Calculation in Wagoner County doesn’t have to be so difficult. With that said sometimes problems make it harder than it needs to be. One of the most common questions we receive as Family Attorneys in Wagoner is:  How does someone calculate child support?  They also ask if child support can be modified. Well, this begins under Title 43 §118-120.  Further, these statutes…

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Marriage Visa Applications

Marriage Visa

People wishing to marry a non-citizen must apply for a marriage visa.  This is also the K-1 visa or Fiance Visa.  The process is simple, but does take work to accomplish.  This is why of the 500,000 visas issued each year, there are only 30,000 which are for a marriage visa.   This article will explain the steps for a marriage visa and if you…

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Understanding Workers Compensation Law

File a workers compensation claim

Injuries on the job are a major problem in the Oklahoma workforce.  In fact, in 2016 over $60 million was paid out in workers compensation law cases.  Thus, employers must carry Workers Compensation insurance.  This insurance pays medical and lost wages for any employee who receives injuries while working on the job.  In exchange for accepting these benefits, the worker further waives the right…

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Modifying Child Support Payments

Modifying Child Support

When it comes to modifying child support support payments, our clients almost always ask about how to figure it.  This is especially true when a client comes to us with need of a child support payments modification.  In the state of Oklahoma, the law requires that both parent’s income be part of the formula.  As a result, it looks at gross monthly income of…

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Inheritance for Grandchildren

Creating a Testamentary Charitable Donation

According to the AARP, over 10% of children in Oklahoma live with their grandparents in the home.  Further, of these almost 80,000 grandparents are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren.  As a result, many people want to provide an inheritance for grandchildren in their last will and testament.  This is something that is possible. Leaving Inheritance for Grandchildren First and foremost, to leave an…

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Burn Injuries in Workers Compensation

Independent contractor in Workers Compensation

 Burn Injuries at work entitle you to medical treatment and many other benefits. Those benefits include temporary and permamant disability payments, depending on the sevarity of your injury.  In July of 2017, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) began a partnership with the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) drug development company.  This partnership is focusing on creating an antibody that fights release of histones.  Histones are proteins…

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