Littlethunder v. State ex rel. Oklahoma State Department of Human Services

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ADAMS, Presiding Judge:

On June 3, 1992, Tina Littlethunder (Claimant) received an order awarding her permanent partial disability benefits. The Workers’ Compensation Court also ordered a portion of the award commuted to a lump sum and paid to the Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) to satisfy a child support lien. Claimant filed this proceeding seeking to vacate the order as it related to the child support lien.

Because this Court had questions about the jurisdiction of the Workers’ Compensation Court to enter such an order, we…