Oklahoma CPS Lawyers
Covid-19: How It Could Affect Any Child Deprived Case
One of the major things that an attorney can advise you on is trying to find alternative ways to complete your ISP. Read more »CPS Defense Attorney: What To Do if Allegations Are Made Against You
The first thing you're going to want to do is to call an attorney to talk about what should or shouldn't happen during investigations. Read more »How Treatment Plans Make an Impact on DHS Cases
Treatment plans can drastically improve their chances of not only getting their kids back but getting them back quickly Read more »Does Having a Medicinal Card Affect a DHS Case?
When you have a medicinal card, that gives you a right to possess a certain amount of marijuana or substances such as edibles to use for medicine. However, under Oklahoma Law, child neglect is still defined as the possession of controlled dangerous substances. Read more »Does What You Say to CPS Stay With CPS?
CPS Attorney informs you to be careful what you say to child protective services because it can come back against you in a criminal case. Read more »Communication is Key to Joint Custody
How do you go from joint custody to sole custody of your children? Tahlequah attorney, Ryan Cannonie, explains the key ingredient for joint custody determinations. Read more »Options for Grandparents When CPS is Involved
Tahlequah attorney, Ryan Cannonie, discusses options for grandparents when DHS is involved with their grandchildren. Read more »When You Need a CPS Defense Attorney
You've just had your ISP court ordered your individualized service planning, a deprived case for DHS took your kids. And as you're going through it, you realize there are certain things on there that don't really make sense. Perhaps they're asking you to get a mental health evaluation, but that was never alleged that you had mental health problems. They're making you do drug rehab, even though you've never taken drugs. What do you do? Read more »McGirt: Child Deprived Cases Changed Forever in Oklahoma
Did you know that if you have a deprived case, a termination, possibly your child's in adoption, and you're a Native American member of a tribe, your child's eligible for enrollment and you live in most of Eastern Oklahoma, then there may be something that can be done on your case right now that couldn't have been done a month ago. Read more »Kids Are Taken by DHS. Do You Get to See Them Again?
You do get to see your kids, the state and DHS have mandatory guidelines for visitation. Now, that doesn't mean it's going to be the best visitation for you. Read more »When Your DHS Child Neglect Investigation Leads to Felony Charges
Tahlequah attorney, Ryan Cannonie, explains how a new court decision could cause major changes in how your child neglect case is handled. Read more »When Kids Go for a Visit But Don't Come Back
Tahlequah attorney, Ryan Cannonie, tells you about a legal filing called a Writ and how it can get you your kids back. Read more »What to Do When DHS Says Your Kids Are Unsafe With Their Other Parent
Parental Rights attorney, Ryan Cannonie, discusses what is a motion to modify custody order in the state of Oklahoma. Read more »What to Do if the State Files a Petition to Terminate Your Parental Rights
According to the law, if you've been adjudicated and it goes longer than 3 months, then the state can seek to terminate your rights. Read more »Do Foster Parents Have Rights to Fight the Removal of Their Children? (ICWA)
The Indian Child Welfare Act lists out several different tiers of preference on where children should be put if they are a member of a tribe or eligible for enrollment in a tribe. First is with family. Second is going to be members of their same tribe. Third is going to be members of any tribe. And then, it kind of gets more attenuated after that happens. Read more »