Baby Veronica has been thrust into national attention several times over the past few years. It all began in April 2009, before Veronica was even born. In April 2009, her biological father, Dusten Brown, abandoned his parental responsibilities and was unwilling to financially support Veronica. Two months later Veronica’s birth mother, Christy Maldonado, decided adoption was in the best interest…
Oklahoma Special Session on Tort Reform
On June 4, 2013, in Douglas v. Cox Retirement, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down all statutes that were passed in 2009 as the Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act (CLRA), finding the statutes violated the “single subject” rule of the Oklahoma Constitution. The single-subject rule means that a statute may only address one issue. In the decision, the court held that the enactment of…