Nichols v. Nichols

222 P.3d 1049 (2009)

2009 OK 43

Gayle L. NICHOLS, Plaintiff/Appellant

v.

Orville B. NICHOLS II, Defendant and

Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, Inc., Defendant/Appellee.

No. 103,950.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 23, 2009.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 2010.

Anthony P. Sutton, Sutton, Davis & Staggs, P.A., Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Richard T. Garren, Sharon K. Weaver, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, Inc., Tulsa, OK, for Defendant/Appellee.[1]

OPALA, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's…