OKLA. ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF UMC v. TIMMONS

No. 121,538.

538 P.3d 170 (2023)

2023 OK 102

The OKLAHOMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, INC., a domestic not-for-profit corporation, the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc., a domestic not-for-profit corporation, Jimmy Nunn, Bishop of the Oklahoma Annual Conference, Sam Powers, District Superintendent of the Heartland District of the Oklahoma Annual Conference, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Aletia H. TIMMONS, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Respondent, and United Methodist Church of the Servant, an incorporated religious association acting by and through its duly Elected Trustee, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Filed October 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross A. Plourde , Kate N. Dodoo , Peyton S. Howell , McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioners

Cheryl Plaxico , Plaxico Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Cara S. Nicklas , Ashley Ray , McAlister, McAlister & Nicklas, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Real Party in Interest


¶1 The Church of the Servant is affiliated with the Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC). The congregation wished to undergo the process of disaffiliation from UMC while retaining its real property, as provided in Paragraph 2553 of the United Methodist Book of...

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