Purcell, OK
Family Lawyer at Purcell, OK
Practice Areas: Family
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court decision.
My client, the dad, was granted custody of two children. The mother attempted to alienate the children from their father. The mother appealed the trial court decision.
OUTCOME: The trial court ordered joint custody over the mother's objection. My client, dad, named primary custodian. The trial court found that the parties' lapses in common courtesy or outbursts of hostility did not prevent joint custody from working.
I represented the father. My client was awarded joint custody of his two small children. He was named primary custodian. Mother appealed because she thought the evidence showing immense hostility betw ... een the parties and their inability to communicate, set aside differences, or engage in any joint decision-making for the best interests of the children made joint custody impossible. The case made new law about the original award of custody in a child custody case.
OUTCOME: The supreme court ruled in my client's favor. The DHS worker was allowed to testify about the child's statements of child abuse. The statement was allowed under residual hearsay, 12 OS Sect. 2803(24).
My client was the mother. The minor child accused the father of child abuse. The trial court let the DHS worker testify to what the child told her. The father appealed. The case eventually went up o ... n a writ of certiorari to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The trial court decision was upheld. The case is still good law and is often cited.
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