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It was 6 a.m. Las Vegas time when Keli Tointigh awoke to her cell phone ringing.The Chickasha resident was on vacation with her husband, John Tointigh,…
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The Oklahoma Legislature adjourned onThursday night, ending its yearly session three weeks before the constitutional deadline on May 25. After two special…
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Before adjourning the 2018 Legislative Session on May 3, Oklahoma lawmakers passed a number of bills that could face legal challenges or vetoes from Gov.…
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Cherokee Nation leaders are lauding a guideline revision that could have impacted a bitter custody case in 2013.The BIA's new guidelines prioritize early…
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will get some special help when she lights the state Christmas tree next month.A couple from Noble with five adopted sibling…
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow a parent to temporarily transfer custody of their child to another person or…
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Attorneys for the adoptive parents of a 4-year-old girl caught up in a custody dispute are seeking $1 million in legal fees from the Cherokee Nation and…
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The biological father of a Cherokee girl adopted by a South Carolina couple has dropped his custody claims. Dusten Brown and a Cherokee Nation assistant…
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court says it's declining to take jurisdiction over the adoption dispute involving a Cherokee girl and has dissolved a stay that was…
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Adopted by a family in South Carolina, the little Native American girl was returned to her biological father nearly two years ago. It was decided that the Indian Child Welfare Act trumped state law. Since then, her adoptive parents have been fighting to get her back.