¶1 Appellee filed a Motion to Dismiss Appellant's Petition in Error based on the Appellant's failure to follow Supreme Court Rules 1.5(a) and 1.28(a). Further, Appellee challenges the finality of the Summary Order attached to the Petition in Error.

¶0 Appellant Iris M. Stacy (Mother) appealed a trial court judgment entered on a jury verdict terminating her parental rights for failure to correct the conditions which led to the deprived adjudication of I.T.S., I.M.S., and R.E.S. The Court of Civil Appeals (COCA), Div. IV, affirmed the judgment by unpublished opinion. Mother's petition for certiorari seeks examination of COCA's decision that the trial court committed no reversible error by discharging Mother's court-appointed counsel at the conclusion of the disposition hearing, which left her without legal representation until counsel was reappointed following the filing of State's petition to terminate her parental rights over two years later. We granted certiorari to address a question of first impression: Upon request by an Indian child's parent for counsel in a deprived child proceeding, and a finding of indigency, whether the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 et seq. , requires court-appointed counsel for the parent at all stages of the deprived child proceeding. We hold that § 1912(b) of ICWA requires, upon request and a finding of indigency, the appointment of counsel at all stages of the deprived child proceeding.

IMMEL v. TULSA PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
2021 OK 39
Case Number: 116999
Decided: 06/22/2021

¶0 Plaintiffs/Appellants, Craig Immel, Terry Young, Herb Beattie, and Ray Pearcey (collectively, "Taxpayers"), citizens of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, seek a declaratory judgment that Defendants/Appellees, Tulsa Public Facilities Authority (TPFA) and the City of Tulsa (City), cannot sell 8.8 acres of park land to a private developer for the construction of a commercial shopping center because the land is held in a public trust expressly as a park for the people. All parties moved for summary judgment, and the trial court granted the TPFA and the City's joint motion for summary judgment as to all claims. Taxpayers appealed, and we retained the appeal. We hold (1) Taxpayers have standing; (2) the TPFA and the City cannot sell the 8.8 acres of park land to a private developer for construction of a commercial shopping center because the land is held in a public trust for the people, unless it is abandoned and/or is no longer fit for its intended use as a public park; (3) there are disputed material facts as to whether the TPFA and the City lawfully abandoned the 8.8 acres of park land; and (4) there are disputed material facts as to whether the expenditure meets the public purpose requirement under the Oklahoma Constitution. The trial court's order granting the TPFA and the City's joint motion for summary judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

JOHNSON v. MIDWEST CITY DEL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2021 OK 29
Case Number: 118088
Decided: 05/25/2021
As Corrected: June 22, 2021

¶0 Darlene Johnson, Appellant, was a school cafeteria worker who sought treatment and compensation from her employer for injuries sustained from a fall inside the employer's parking lot. Employer denied the claim, arguing Johnson was not in the course and scope of employment because her injuries did not occur "inside the employer's facility" within the meaning of 85A O.S.Supp.2013, § 2(13)(d).¹ The administrative law judge awarded benefits to Johnson, finding that her accidental personal injuries occurred inside the employer's facility and arose in the course and scope of employment as defined by Section 2(13)(d). The Workers' Compensation Commission reversed this decision finding the administrative law judge misapplied the law and determined that Johnson was not in the course and scope of employment at the time of her injuries because the parking lot was not "inside the employer's facility." The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the decision by the Commission. We vacate the opinion by the Court of Civil Appeals and hold that the decision of the administrative law judge was neither against the clear weight of the evidence nor contrary to law and further that the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission was in excess of statutory authority or jurisdiction and affected by other errors of law.