Legal Opinion
Fulsom v. Fulsom
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 12, 2003No. 96,458PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, J.;
{1 In this case we decide whether 48 ©.8.2001, § 110(D) authorized the trial court to order Joe and Jean Fulsom (intervening defendants/appellants/paternal grandparents) to pay attorney fees to Denise Dianne Ful-som (plaintiff/ex-wife/appellee/mother) and Bodine Fulsom (defendant/ex-husband/appel-lee/father), in a post-divorce-decree child custody modification proceeding. We hold § 110(D) does not provide authority for the attorney fee awards against grandparents. Instead, § 110(D) only gives a trial court discretionary equitable authority to award attorney fees for or against…
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