Child Neglect
Facing allegations or concerns about child neglect can be overwhelming and confusing. Understanding Oklahoma’s laws, including what constitutes neglect and the legal consequences, is crucial to protect your rights and ensure the best outcome for your family. Child neglect involves failure to provide adequate food, shelter, hygiene, medical care, or supervision to a child under eighteen. If you are navigating these difficult issues, consulting a knowledgeable Tulsa child neglect attorney can provide clarity and guidance.
The Wirth Law Office is dedicated to helping families understand their options and defend against child neglect allegations. With a thorough understanding of Oklahoma statutes and procedures, a skilled Tulsa attorney can help develop a strategy tailored to your situation. If you need legal help, call Wirth Law Office at (918) 879-1681 for compassionate advice and support through this challenging time.
Is Child Abuse a Crime in Oklahoma?
Child Abuse in Oklahoma is a Serious Offense Child abuse is a sad reality. It occurs all around the world, and Oklahoma is no exception. Oklahoma takes this offense extremely seriously and so, in an effort to deter it as much as possible, attaches severe penalities to the act. But the punishments can vary quite […] Read more »What is Considered Child Abuse in Oklahoma?
Child abuse in Oklahoma is either actual or threats of intentional or malicious harm.
Accidental injuries are usually not considered child abuse under Oklahoma Law. Read more »Do You Get Life Imprisonment for Failure to Report Child Abuse/Neglect in Oklahoma?
Even if you had nothing to do with the abuse or neglect, the failure to report it can be a charge that results in up to life in prison. Read more »Is It a Crime Not to Report Child Abuse and Neglect in Oklahoma?
If the person has prolonged knowledge of ongoing child abuse for a period of six months or more, then it's not a misdemeanor, it is a felony. Read more »What Do I Do If I Suspect or Have Proof My Ex is Putting My Child at Risk?
One, you have a duty under the law to protect your child. So if you know someone is abusing your child, even if that is your ex or neglecting your child, you have a legal obligation to do something. Read more »Do You Need an Attorney for a Child Neglect Case in Oklahoma?
If you're close to somebody alleging that you are being neglectful of your child, you're definitely going to want to have an attorney. Read more »What is Considered Child Neglect in Oklahoma?
Unfortunately, the child neglect statutes are incredibly broad. In fact, I would find them to be unconstitutionally broad. Read more »Is Child Abuse a Felony in Oklahoma?
Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse, shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment. Read more »Is Spanking Child Abuse in Oklahoma?
An Oklahoma Statute preserves your right to appropriately discipline your children, either in the form of spanking, switching, or paddling. Read more »Must I Allow Visitation If I Suspect Child Abuse or Neglect?
Failing to protect your child can get you in trouble with DPS, have your kids taken away by the state, perhaps by CPS in a deprived child action, or could actually get you criminal felony charges of permitting child abuse. Read more »Its All My Fault - How Violence Impacts Children: Domestic Violence Pt 3
Children encounter domestic violence visually. Normally these children, they see the the effects of domestic violence. Either they see the actual incident occur itself or they see the aftermath such as bruising on one of the partners, and the children internalize this. It creates an atmosphere of violence in the house. Read more »Oklahoma Child Abuse Case Dismissed
Tulsa Attorney Justin Mosteller with the Wirth Law Office reports good news for a client of ours. Thankfully, Justin was able to get a case dismissed that has been really weighing on us as a firm because our client was very clearly innocent of the charges.
Read more »Shaken Baby Syndrome Relies on Shaky Science
Recent research that reviewed thousands of child abuse cases where shaken baby syndrome was alleged revealed there is virtually no reason to presume abusive head trauma was to blame when no evidence beyond an infant's symptoms or brain injuries were present. Read more »A Dirty Oklahoma Home Might Not Indicate Child Neglect
Parents’ housekeeping skills often become the subject of debate in child custody cases. An Oklahoma Child Protective Services employee or an embattled spouse might argue that pet hair from household pets, the smell of farm animals, dusty surfaces and – especially – mice or bugs are evidence of child neglect. A new study by Johns […] Read more »Confidential Juvenile Records 'Strewn' Around Rogers County Courthouse
The idea that juveniles should be treated differently under the law predates the origins of U.S. jurisprudence. Juvenile justice has changed significantly since it was originally shaped by English common law but a significant precept of juvenile justice has long been that juveniles in the system are afforded a degree of privacy. Juvenile courts nationwide […] Read more »
