Legal Opinion
Wilks v. Wilks
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 21, 1981No. 56018PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
The issue presented is whether by the provisions of 12 O.S.1971 § 1282 1 an award of counsel fees made in a divorce decree is automatically stayed ex lege while an appeal is pending.
We hold that an attorney’s fee award in a divorce suit does not fall under the rubric of adjudications which (a) are automatically postponed in effect, under § 1282, until appellate disposition is made or (b) may be superseded by the obligor, under § 968(1), as a matter of right. Execution on counsel fee award made in a divorce case may be issued while appeal is pending unless a stay has been…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City of Midwest City v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
- Tisdale v. Wheeler Bros. Grain Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- In Re EpleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1901
- Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Potter v. WilsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Harry R. Carlile Trust v. Cotton Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Willis v. Nowata Land and Cattle Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Depuy v. HoemeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Pierce v. PierceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Harmon v. HarmonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
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