Bankruptcy Attorney, Ed Kelley, finishes up his series on how Chapter 13 can save your home if you’re coming out of COVID forbearance periods.
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Oklahoma has unlimited homestead exemption, and has a favorable vehicle exemption, and other exemptions much better than the average state.
If you are pulled over for a DUI, obviously you want to not incriminate yourself. You have a right to remain silent.
Chapter 13 plan is from 36 to 60 months. The CARES Act, which is another COVID relief deal that is going on at least through 2022.
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Civil records filed with the court, for the most part, are public records. Anybody can go down to the courthouse, pull those files, review them.
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What a lot of people don’t understand when you go into a forbearance is technically it’s all due at the end.
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I filed a case with the USPC, it was strongly recommended that you do not make more than three requests for questions presented.
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In Bosse it said that subject matter jurisdiction can never be waived, can be attacked at any time, so McGirt has to be applied retroactively.
If the CCOA couldn’t find a way to save these convictions the then it’s going to be very difficult for anybody else to do so.
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Tax refunds, any kind of savings. Your retirement accounts are exempt, so as long as they’re in a proper IRA, you’re good.
The courts have protections for Oklahomans and favored bending over backward in some circumstances to save the conviction for the state.
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A car note is a secured debt. If you don’t pay it, they get to have the car. Bankruptcy doesn’t, with some exceptions, change that.
No information gained from custodial interrogation of a youthful offender under 16 years of age or a child, nor any evidence subsequently obtained as a result of such interrogation shall be admissible into evidence against the youthful offender or child unless parent or guardian essentially are present for that interrogation.
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The stuff you want to pay generally gets put at the top, which is good. So that’s essentially how chapter 13 payment is computed.
Judge Kuehn’s opinion makes it pretty clear we’re talking about somebody who has been previously convicted as a youthful offender in court.
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There are three factors in determining whether a reservation has been disestablished. One factor is the circumstances surrounding the passage.
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Chapter 13 is for three to five years, so 36 to 60 months. It’s not based on what you owe, it’s based on what you can pay,
A lot of people ask me, is there a debt minimum to file a chapter seven bankruptcy? And the answer is no.
The short answer is that you are not required to have an attorney to get an expungement in Oklahoma. You are allowed to represent yourself.
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The statute in Oklahoma requires that we give 30 days’ advanced notice of this expungement hearing to interested parties.
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There are municipal courts that are assuming jurisdiction over defendants who would otherwise be exempt from state jurisdiction under McGirt.
If you’re looking at getting an apartment, background checks are done, those things are going to pop up and that could affect your housing.
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Muni courts routinely issue warrants for people that don’t pay and don’t show up to court. It should be taken seriously.
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