19 This appeal involves a dispute over the copyright in the musical
20 composition “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” (the “Song”), a classic Christmas
21 song written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie in the 1930s. In 1976,
22 Congress enacted a complex statutory regime that—as we explain later in this
23 opinion—gave authors and their statutory heirs the right to te

The parties divorced on April 17, 2008, after approximately twenty-one years of marriage. The wife's complaint for modification, filed on March 25, 2013, sought an increase in the husband's alimony obligation on the grounds that the child support payments had ceased as a result of the children's emancipation and she was no longer able to maintain even a modest standard of living. A modification

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Adam Mack, 39, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 13 months in prison and three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting visa and marriage fraud and making false statements. The defendant pleaded guilty on March 30, 2015. He was also

Joseph E. McClain III, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this appeal from the trial court’s order granting the motion of Dell, Inc., Seaton Corp. d/b/a Staff Management (hereafter Dell) for sanctions, a declaration that McClain is a vexatious litigant, dismissing McClain’s fourth suit against Dell, and ordering him to pay Dell $4,000 in attorney’s fees. The case was originally a

In February of 2013, the parties had a sexual encounter in Portland, Oregon. Mother was attending college there, and Father was visiting from Washington, where he also attended college. Mother became pregnant as a result of the encounter. Thereafter, the parties attempted unsuccessfully to develop a romantic relationship while both were still living in the Pacific Northwest. However, that eff

In 2008, the Department of Public Health issued an emergency stop work order to Lake Environmental based on alleged violations of the Department’s regulations committed during an asbestos cleanup job at Scott Air Force Base. The Department also removed Lake Environmental’s name from the list of state-approved asbestos abatement contractors. Several months later, the Department dismissed the st

¶1 The narrow issue presented for decision today is whether a divorce decree rendered before the adoption of 12 O.S.Supp. 1987 § 1289 (F)1 may be reopened for post-decree property division readjustment to be rested upon an after-enacted spousal right to reach military retirement pension income that was not legally divisible at the time of the parties' marriage dissolution. We answer in the negat

¶0 Certiorari to review opinion of Court of Appeals affirming the trial court's order awarding alimony in lieu of property division to wife in this divorce action. The trial court held the goodwill of husband's medical practice could be included in determining the value of the medical practice for purposes of dividing the marital property. The trial court further ordered a fixed interest rate to

¶1 The single dispositive issue is whether the divorce decree may be modified to divide military retirement benefits as marital property.1 We find that this cause is governed by our holding in Clifton v. Clifton, 801 P.2d 693, 698 (Okla. 1990) that 12 O.S.Supp. 1987 § 1289 (F)2 may not serve as a vehicle for modifying a divorce decree to divide military retirement benefits as spousal property if

¶ 1 Central to resolution of today's cause is what effect is to be accorded cohabitation in a trial court's deliberations concerning modification of earlier awarded support alimony.

I

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Orlan and Lacretia Wilson1 were divorced in 1990. Their divorce decree [987 P.2d 1212] provided that Lacretia was to receive $186,000 in support alimony p

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier
first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded
subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise,
showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels
of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier
first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded
subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise,
showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels
of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w

On February 26, 2014, plaintiff filed an unlawful detainer action based on defendant’s failure to perform covenants in the rental agreement, as described in an attached three-day notice. The notice listed three covenants that were violated, but plaintiff elected to proceed at trial on only one: defendant’s failure to obtain and pay for renter’s insurance, as required by paragraph 11 of the

Joseph Nagle and Ernest Fink were co-owners and executives of concrete manufacturing and construction businesses. The businesses entered into a relationship with a company owned by a person of Filipino descent. His company would bid for subcontracts on Pennsylvania transportation projects as a disadvantaged business enterprise. If his company won the bid for the subcontract, Nagle and Fink’s bus

These appeals are from final decrees terminating the parental rights of TGW (Mother) to children N, K, M, and Ma, and JW (Father) to children K, M, and Ma. The parental rights of N’s father, JE, were not terminated and JE is not a party to this appeal; consequently, we refer to JW as Father. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Mother and Father began an on-and-off relation

In August 2009, Cardenas began working as a dental hygienist for Dr. Fanaian’s dental office. Dr. Fanaian’s practice was incorporated under the name of M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., and said corporate entity was technically Cardenas’s employer.
In celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary in 2010, Cardenas’s husband bought her a new, expensive wedding ring. Cardenas always wore the

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Tiffany Saunders Carraway, age 34, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to theft of government property arising from a scheme to falsify her income and living arrangements to illegally obtain food stamp and Medicaid benefits.

The gui

Petitioner Karen Hamlin is a public employee with a retirement account in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). When petitioner and her ex-husband divorced, the dissolution court ordered petitioner’s PERS account divided between petitioner and her husband. However, neither petitioner nor her ex-husband ever gave PERS the paperwork it required in order to divide the account, so PERS did

Michael and J.B. (Mother) married in 2011 and continuously lived together until Michael's military deployment to the Persian Gulf in August 2013. Michael returned home in April 2014 and found Mother was seven months pregnant, as she "had relations" with another man while Michael was gone. Michael lived with Mother throughout the remainder of her pregnancy. He was at the hospital when Emma was b

This decision consolidates three cases accepted by this Court for
discretionary review pursuant to CR 65.09. By way of motions for interlocutory
relief under CR 65.09, Extendicare Homes, Inc. d/b/ / Shady Lawn Nursing
Home ("Extendicare"), and its affiliated entities,' and Kindred Nursing Centers
Limited Partnership d/b/a Winchester Centre For Health and Rehabilitation
n/k

Mr. McGill spent Thanksgiving Day 2013 with his three children from his second marriage; his live-in girlfriend, Jennifer Neumeyer; and her three children from previous relationships. Mr. McGill and Ms. Neumeyer began arguing early in the day. The argument escalated when Mr. McGill’s ex-wife, Cristi McGill, called during Thanksgiving dinner and Mr. McGill allowed his children to speak with the

Joseph E. McClain III, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this appeal from the trial court’s order granting the motion of Dell, Inc., Seaton Corp. d/b/a Staff Management (hereafter Dell) for sanctions, a declaration that McClain is a vexatious litigant, dismissing McClain’s fourth suit against Dell, and ordering him to pay Dell $4,000 in attorney’s fees. The case was originally a

The trial court signed a final order denying a bill of review on January 10, 2014. The appellant, Jewel Agness Curtis (Jewel), filed an appeal. We affirm.
UNDERLYING FACTS
Jewel was married to Martin Van Curtis Jr. (Martin) from 1966 until 2010. On August 10, 2010, the trial court signed a judgment that awarded Martin a default judgment and divorce. Martin died in 2011. According to Jewel�

C.H. appeals the trial court’s modification order in a suit affecting the parent child relationship to his children T.H., W.H., and L.H. He raises three issues on appeal. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
On March 29, 2010, C.H. was named sole managing conservator of T.H., W.H., and L.H. Their mother, J.S., was appointed possessory conservator of the children. On July 27, 2011, the child

Natosha Moore appeals the trial court’s admission of the will of Rodney Joe Knight to probate. She presents four issues for our consideration. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Rodney Joe Knight died on November 11, 2013. Appellee Roy D. Knight, the decedent’s brother, filed an application to probate the decedent’s will. Moore contested the will, asserting that she and the decedent had an inform