ABIGAIL: WHAT WOULD YOU ASK IF
YOU COULD ASK AN ATTORNEY
ANYTHING FOR FREE.
YOU HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO DO THAT
THIS WEEK.
BLOGGERS ARE PROVIDING FREE
LEGAL ADVICE.
JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THIS EVENT, OKLAHOMNA CITY
CRIMINALDEFENSE LAWYER AL HOCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US.
YOU'RE ALSO THE LAW DAY
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR.
WHAT IS LAW DAY?
WHAT IS THIS EVENT?
BILL: IT STARTED OUT IN OKLAHOMA
AND IT STARTED WITH AN ATTORNEY
WHO PASSED AWAY A WHILE BACK.
HE WANTED TO HAVE A CELEBRATION
OF THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY,
RELIGION, SPEECH.
IT EVOLVED FROM A LOCAL ISSUE IN
SEMINOLE COUNTY TO DWIGHT
EISENHOWER DECLARING IT A
NATIONAL OBSERVANT IN 1958.
ABIGAI I DIDN'T KNOW IT
STARTED IN OKLAHOMA.
AL THE BAR ASSOCIATION HAS HAD
IN ASK A LAWYER PROGRAM WHERE
PEOPLE CAN ASK FOR FREE LEGAL
ADVICE.
ABIGAI WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AND WE WANT TO PUT
THAT ON THE SCREEN.
THE EVENT IS THIS THURSDAY.
LIKE YOU SAID, ACROSS THE STATE.
DETAILS ARE ON YOUR SCREEN.
IF I HAVE A LEGAL QUESTION, I
JUST CALL THIS NUMBER AND WAIT
FOR AN ATTORNEY LIKE YOU?
AL: WE HAVE OVER 300 VOLUNTEER
ATTORNEYS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
THAT WILL BE ANSWERING
QUESTIONS.
THEY CAN ALSO CONTACT US AT ASK
A LAWYER AT THE OKLAHOMA BAR
WEBSITE.
FROM 3:00 UNTIL 9:00, WE WILL
HAVE BILINGUAL ATTORNEYS FOR
ONES WHO NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS
IN SPANISH.
ABIGAIL: I KNOW IMMIGRATION IS
ONE OF THE TOPICS PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER BIG
QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE OFTEN ASK?
AL: THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ABOUT
CHILD CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT.
BANKRUPTCY, IMMIGRATION, WE
ASSUME IT WILL BE A BIGGER ISSUE
THIS YEAR.
PEOPLE ARE DEPORTED MORE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE
ILLEGAL OR JUST AFRAID OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL AND THEY
ARE AFRAID TO CONTACT ATTORNEYS.
EVEN IF WE CAN'T ANSWER THEIR
QUESTION, WE DO HAVE REFERRAL
SOURCES THAT SOME COMMUNITY
AGENCIES CAN TAKE CARE OF THE
PROBLEMS.
ABIGAIL: WE DO HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS WE WANT TO GET TO.
WE TOLD OUR VIEWERS WE WOULD
TALKING WITH YOU.
THIS QUESTION COMES FROM RUBY.
HOW LONG BEFORE YOU HEAR?
I FILED BACK IN 2016.
HOW LONG SHOULD SHE WAIT FOR
SOCIAL SECURITY WESTERN MARK --?
AL: IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR.
I DON'T DO SOCIAL SECURITY WORK.
FROM THE ONES I KNOW THAT DO
THAT, IT TAKES CLOSE TO A YEAR
TO GET A RESPONSE AND THAT'S
AFTER YOU SEE THEIR DOCTOR.
ABIGAIL: WE HAVE THE ANSWER
THERE FOR RUBY.
THIS COMES FROM GALA.
IS THERE AN EASY WAY TO CHANGE
YOUR NAME?
AL: YOU HAVE TO FILE A PETITION
FOR A NAME CHANGE IN WHATEVER
COUNTY YOU LIVE IN.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE AND
LEGAL PUBLICATION.
THERE WILL BE FILING COST AND
PUBLICATION COSTS.
CREDITORS -- YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM
CREDITORS BY CHANGING YOUR NAME.
ABIGAI IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
DO IT THE SOCIAL SECURITY
OFFICE?
AL: IF IT'S JUST A SIMPLE AS YOU
ARE MARRIED, YOU CAN GO DOWN TO
SOCIAL SECURITY AND CHANGE IT ON
THAT. IT WILL PROBABLY WANT TO
CHANGE HER DRIVERS LICENSE.
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE FROM SOME
BIG-NAME CHANGE LIKE THAT, YOU
HAVE TO FILE THE COURTHOUSE IN
WHATEVER COUNTY AND GIVE LEGAL
NOTICE ON OR IN -- NOTICE.
ABIGAIL: MY FIANCE DID NOT
SUBMIT AN ENTRY PORT FOR
ON-THE-JOB HEAD INJURY.
HIS BEHAVIOR HAS CHANGED.
HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE GOT ODD.
DOES HE HAVE A DEGREE COURSE OF
ACTION AT THIS POINT WESTERN
MARK AL: HE NEEDS TO GIVE NOTICE
TO THE EMPLOYER AND THEIR
INSURANCE COMPANY.
WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE, HE'S NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED.
HE WILL HAVE TO FIRE UP -- FILE
WORKERS COMPENSATION OR.
THE FIRST THING HE NEEDS TO DO
IS LET THE EMPLOYER KNOW HE GOT
HURT AND HOW WE GOT HURT AND --
HURT.
ABIGAIL: THIS COMES FROM MONICA.
SHE IS CURIOUS ABOUT STEPPARENT
ADOPTION.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
AL: WITH THE NONCUSTODIAL PARENT
HAS HAD RIGHTS TERMINATED, THEY
SAY THEY HAVE CONSENTED AND THEY
SAY GO AHEAD AND ADOPT.
YOU HAVE TO TERMINATE THAT
PARENTS RIGHTS.
IF THE STEP PARENT ADOPTS, THEY
ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
CHILD.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE FOUR
SEER OF GLOOM AND DOOM, IN THE
EVENT THOSE PEOPLE DIVORCE, THAT
STEP PARENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CHILD SUPPORT.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ISSUES YOU
NEED TO CHECK WITH.
IT ALSO, I WOULD CHECK THE
PROGRAM.
ABIGAIL: YOU WOULD SAY TO HIRING
ATTORNEY JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE YOUR RACE IS COVERED?
AL: YOU PROBABLY SHOULD READ AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THE STEP PARENT IS GETTING
INTO.
I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF
STEPPARENTS WHO WANT TO ADOPT.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF
WHAT THEIR IT INTO.
ABIGAIL: SPEAKING OF CHILDREN,
NIECES PLANNING TO OPEN A CHILD
CARE HOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE
SMARTEST TO DO, LLC OR SOLD
PROPRIETOR WESTERN MARK --
PROPRIETOR?
AL: YOU WILL WANT AT LEAST IN
LLC.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THE
CORPORATION ISSUES PROTECT YOU
AND YOUR ASSETS FROM ANY TYPE OF
LAWSUIT OR MOST LAWSUITS.
ABIGAIL: THIS IS GREAT
INFORMATION.
IF YOU DID THAT GET YOUR
QUESTION ANSWERED, WE HAVE THIS
EVENT GOING ON THURSDAY.
THE INFORMATION IS ON YOUR
SCREEN.
YOU ARE THE CO-COMMITTEE CHAIR
ON THIS.
IT IS 9:00 A.M..
YOU SAID YOU CAN EMAIL.
THERE WILL BE HIGHLY WILL
ATTORNEYS.
AL: THEY CAN EMAILED QUESTIONS
STARTING TODAY.
