RULE 7 - ADDITIONS RULES GOVERNING DISCIPLINARY PROCEED.

RULE 7 - ADDITIONS RULES GOVERNING DISCIPLINARY PROCEED.
1997 OK 96
Case Number: SCBD-4167
Decided: 07/08/1997
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

IN RE: ADDITIONS TO THE RULES GOVERNING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.

ORDER

¶1 Rule 7, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 O.S. 1991 Ch. 1, App. 1-A, is hereby amended effective August 1, 1997.

¶2 Amendments to Rule 7 shall be made by inserting the following Rules 7.8, 7.9 and 7.10, after existing Rule 7.7:

RULE 7.8. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDER OF SUPPORT. A lawyer who has been determined by a judicial finding to be in wilful noncompliance with an order of support, pursuant to 43 O.S. §139.1 and which finding has been reported to the Oklahoma Bar Association by a Judge of the District Court in accordance with the provisions of 43 O.S. §139.1(B)(2), may be subject to discipline as herein provided.

RULE 7.9. TRANSMITTAL OF RECORD RELATING TO FINDING OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDER OF SUPPORT. If a Judge makes a finding of wilful noncompliance with an order of support, pursuant to 43 O.S. §139.1, the Judge shall direct that a certified copy of the order or judgment containing a finding of such noncompliance be mailed to the General Counsel of the Oklahoma Bar Association within five (5) days after the entry of such order or judgment.

RULE 7.10. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDER FOR SUPPORT, AS BASIS FOR DISCIPLINE. The General Counsel of the Oklahoma Bar Association upon receiving the certified copy of such order or judgment shall commence his investigation and proceed subject to the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings.

¶3 This order shall be published three times in the Oklahoma Bar Journal prior to August 1, 1997.

¶4 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 1997.

/s/ Yvonne Kauger

CHIEF JUSTICE

¶5 ALL JUSTICES CONCUR.