Dispositions Other Than By Published Opinion | June 3, 2026
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
Division I
122,517 – In the Matter of the Guardianship of: A.V., P.V. & H.V., Maria Del Rosario Chico, Appellant, v. Jacqueline Audre Vietti, and Christopher Vietti, Appellees. Appeal from the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Honorable J. Anthony Miller, Trial Judge. Mother (Appellant), Maria Del Rosario Chico, seeks review in this guardianship matter from the August 12, 2024 Tulsa County District Court order which issued the reconsideration of voided orders from February 9, 2024, February 12, 2024, February 15, 2024 and February 16, 2024. Appellees are paternal grandmother, Jacqueline Vietti, guardian of the parents’ three children and Father, Christopher Vietti. The Oklahoma Supreme Court voided the orders which were entered while Mother’s motion to disqualify the judge was pending. Mother appeals the order of the trial court’s reconsideration of the February 2024 orders, which was issued after the writ of mandamus decision. The Tulsa County District Court order of August 12, 2024 is AFFIRMED. Opinion by GOREE, J.; SWINTON, P.J., and BELL, J., concur. May 29, 2026
123,355 – Jamie Marie Connelly, Plaintiff/Appellant v. City of Tulsa, a municipal corporation, BNSF Railway Company, a for-profit business corporation, Defendants/Appellees. Appeal from the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Honorable Caroline Wall, Trial Judge. Plaintiff, Jaime Conneely, commenced an action against BNSF Railway Company and the City of Tulsa. She claimed she was injured when she drove into large holes near a railroad track. The trial court dismissed Plaintiff’s amended pleading and denied her motion to reconsider. The order is REVERSED. On remand, the court is directed to vacate the order dismissing the action with prejudice and apply 12 O.S. §2012(G). Opinion by GOREE, J.; SWINTON, P.J., and BELL, J., concur. May 29, 2026
Division II
123,276 – Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Cooper, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant/Appellee, vs. Sheryl Evans, Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff/ Appellant. Appeal from the District Court of Muskogee County, Honorable Orvil Loge, Trial Judge. Defendant appeals trial court orders granting a motion for summary judgment filed by Plaintiff and denying her motion to vacate the order granting summary judgment. The primary issues for review are whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying Evans’s Rule 13(d) motion and in denying her motion to vacate the summary judgment order. After review, we conclude these trial court decisions constitute an abuse of discretion. The orders are reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings. REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. Opinion from Court of Civil Appeals, Division II, by WISEMAN, P.J.; HIXON, C.J., and FISCHER, J., concur. May 27, 2026
123,159 – In the Matter of B.G. and M.G., alleged deprived children: Angela Garner, Terry Garner and Stephanie Melton, Appellants, vs. State of Oklahoma, Appellee. Proceeding to review an Order of the District Court of Greer County, Oklahoma, Hon. Eric G. Yarborough, Trial Judge. In this consolidated appeal, Terry Garner (Father), Angela Garner (Mother Garner), and Stephanie Melton (Mother Melton) each appeal the district court’s order adjudicating their respective minor children as deprived. Because the district court adjudicated the children deprived based on conditions or adjudicatory categories that were not pled in the State’s petition upon which the hearing was held, this portion of the court’s order is reversed. The portion of the order adjudicating B.G. deprived as to Mother Melton based on illicit drugs/addiction is also reversed because the State did not present sufficient evidence to support this finding. However, the district court’s findings that the respective children were deprived as to Father based on the condition of alcohol abuse; as to Mother Garner based on alcohol abuse and abandonment; and as to Mother Melton based on abandonment, failure to support, and failure to protect the child from neglect by Father, were supported by a preponderance of the evidence. This portion of the order, therefore, is affirmed. The case is remanded for the district court to enter a modified order adjudicating the children deprived as instructed herein and for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS WITH INSTRUCTIONS. Opinion from the Court of Civil Appeals, Division II by FISCHER, J.; HIXON, C.J., and WISEMAN, P.J., concur. May 27, 2026
Division III
Division IV
123,337 – Chris Raper, Plaintiff/Appellant, vs. The City of Oklahoma City, Defendant/Appellee. Appeal from the District Court of Oklahoma County, Hon. Anthony L. Bonner, Jr., Trial Judge. Chris Raper appeals the district court’s Order sustaining the motion to dismiss of defendant, The City of Oklahoma City, (City) in this wrongful termination action. Raper did not timely file his charge of discrimination with the EEOC pursuant to 25 O.S.2021 § 1350(B). Thus, Raper’s claims are barred. We find the district court did not err in sustaining City’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Petition and Brief in Support. We affirm the district court’s Order. AFFIRMED. Opinion from Court of Civil Appeals, Division IV, by HUBER, J; BLACKWELL, P.J., and BARNES, J., concur. May 29, 2026