JONES v. JONES

Nos. 54673, 55077.

612 P.2d 266 (1980)

William A. JONES, Appellant, v. Cleta Helen JONES, Appellee. Cleta Helen JONES, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Jess B. CLANTON, Jr., Associate Judge of the District Court of Craig County, Okla., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pitcher, Castor & Hartley by William H. Castor, Vinita, for appellant and respondent.

Crawford, Crowe & Bainbridge by B. Hayden Crawford, Tulsa, for appellee and petitioner.


OPALA, Justice:

The question before us is whether, in a matrimonial action, the trial court has the authority to entertain wife's post-decree application for alimony and counsel fees after the husband's appeal has been brought here from the divorce decree. We hold that in the post-appeal stage of a matrimonial case in which no alimony was allowed the trial court is nonetheless vested with authority, subject always to our...

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