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  • McGirt: Where Are the Tribal/Reservation Boundaries?

    By Staff, October 22nd, 2020

    Where are the tribal boundaries? Oklahoma attorney, James Wirth, speaks on McGirt and the repercussions that follow it.

  • McGirt: When Jurisdiction Not Addressed at Trial and Direct Appeal is Pending

    By Staff, October 21st, 2020

    What happens when you did not question the jurisdiction of the court under McGirt at your trial and your case is now on direct appeal? Oklahoma Attorney, James Wirth answers.

  • McGirt: Direct Appeal Denied at the Trial Level?

    By Staff, October 20th, 2020

    What happens when you make a McGirt argument on direct appeal after being denied at the trial level? Tulsa attorney, James Wirth answers that question.

  • McGirt Dismissal in Tulsa County

    By Staff, October 19th, 2020

    They are dismissing many cases if you have clear evidence that the defendant is Native American and clear evidence that it occurred within the boundaries of the Muskogee Creek Nation, then they are dismissing those and sending those off to either the tribe or the Feds for potential prosecution, depending on what the circumstances of the case are and where it needs to be potentially tried.

  • Has COVID Affected Bankruptcy?

    By Staff, October 16th, 2020

    The Cares Act Is a Governmental Relief Program and It Has Changed the Bankruptcy Code Temporarily

  • McGirt: Who Has Burden of Proof to Establish Tribal Membership or Lack Thereof?

    By Staff, October 16th, 2020

    Who has the burden of proof for the defendant’s tribal membership or lack thereof for prosecution in state court? Tulsa attorney, James Wirth has the answer.

  • McGirt: Tulsa County DA is Stipulating to Tribal Membership but Setting Up Blood Quantum Battle?

    By Staff, October 15th, 2020

    United States Supreme Court on July 9th, 2020, decided that for vast areas in Northeast Oklahoma that the state courts, meaning the county courts, the district attorney’s offices, particularly Tulsa County, lacked jurisdiction to charge Native Americans.

  • McGirt: Tulsa Federal Head Prosecutor Hit with “Absolute Tsunami of Cases!”

    By Staff, October 14th, 2020

    KTUL interviewed Trent Shore, and he is the Chief Federal Prosecutor for the Northern District of Oklahoma, which covers about a third of the state of Oklahoma, but primarily deals with all of these issues with the Muskogee Creek Nation not being disestablished and all of these prosecutions that are going that direction. So hundreds, if not thousands, of cases were improperly tried in state court and now need to go to federal and tribal courts, if they have the ability to do that after the amount of time that’s gone by. And the quote from Trent Shore in that article is that he’s being hit and his department’s being hit with an absolute tsunami of cases. He’s describing that in the last 20 years, they’ve handled three homicides, but they’ve picked up about 20 homicides just in the last six weeks.

  • McGirt: Oklahoma Attorney General Not Conceding Existence of Reservations

    By Staff, October 13th, 2020

    The United States Supreme Court case that decided that most of Northeast Oklahoma is reservation land still because the tribes reservations were not disestablished through statehood. And that all of these cases that the States have prosecuted against native Americans over the last 100 years, they never have the authority to do that.

  • McGirt: Why Pursue Expungement Instead of Post-Conviction Relief for Some Completed Cases

    By Staff, October 12th, 2020

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    Why pursue expungement instead of post-conviction relief for completed sentences that fall under McGirt? Tulsa attorney James Wirth answers.

  • Where Do I File My Oklahoma Divorce?

    By Staff, October 9th, 2020

    Where do I file my Oklahoma divorce? Tulsa Attorney James Wirth has that answer. For starters, the person that files gets to choose jurisdiction to an extent because it’s first to file that makes that choice. That said, there are limited options for where you can file. In order to file a divorce in the State of Oklahoma either the petitioner or the respondent has to be an actual resident in good faith of Oklahoma for six months prior to the filing of the petition.

  • What is Required to File a Legal Separation Petition in Oklahoma?

    By Staff, October 8th, 2020

    What is the jurisdictional requirement to file a separate maintenance or legal separation case? Oklahoma Attorney James Wirth has the answer.

  • What Is a Legal Separation Under Oklahoma Family Law?

    By Staff, October 7th, 2020

    What is a legal separation under Oklahoma law? Tulsa attorney James Wirth has that answer. Essentially, that is where you’re going to a family law court and you’re requesting the same types of things you’d request in a divorce, but you are saying, “I don’t want the marriage dissolved. I would like to continue being married, but I still want orders in place to protect myself.”

  • What is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order in an Oklahoma Divorce?

    By Staff, October 6th, 2020

    Family Law attorney, James Wirth, explains what QDRO is and how it works in Oklahoma family law.

  • How is Property Divided in an Oklahoma Divorce?

    By Staff, October 5th, 2020

    The standard for separating marital property is what is equitable, what is considered fair. Well, any questions about property divisions and your specific circumstances, you’re going to want to talk to an attorney about that subject.

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