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WILKS v. WILKS

No. 56018.

632 P.2d 759 (1981)

Jimmie Bert WILKS, Appellant, v. Billie Frances WILKS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bloodworth & Smith by Robert B. Smith, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Jerry Dick, Oklahoma City, for appellee.

OPALA, Justice.

The issue presented is whether by the provisions of 12 O.S. 1971 § 12821 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...

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