Legal Opinion

Matter of K.L.F.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 19, 1994No. 82654PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ALMA WILSON, Acting Chief Justice.

This appeal is dismissed because James L. Percival [counsel], in seeking review of a court-awarded attorney’s fee, failed timely to comply with the cost requirements of Rule 1.14,1 Rules of Appellate Procedure in Civil *1068Cases, and thus failed to commence his appeal within thirty days of the appealable event.2

Counsel’s attempt at avoiding the Rule 1.14 cost deposit requirements by filing an in-lieu affidavit in forma pauperis3 was ineffective. Attached to counsel’s paperwork was an affidavit4 stating that he represented an indigent, the nominal appellant,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Tisdale v. Wheeler Bros. Grain Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
  2. Ogle v. OgleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
  3. Vickers v. BoydSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Independent School District No. 94 of Garfield CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
  2. IN RE AMENDMENT OF RULES OF OK. SUP. CT. (WORKERS' COMPENSATION CT.)Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2023
  3. Matter of Estate of RobinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
  4. IN RE: AMENDMENT OF OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT RULE 1.4.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2023
  5. IN RE AMENDMENT OF RULES OF OK. SUP. CT. (WORKERS' COMPENSATION CT.)Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2023

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