Family Law

Last month an airman stationed at Tinker Air Force Base shot and killed his nine-year-old daughter and four-year-old son before turning the gun on himself. This tragedy occurred just eleven days after the airman and his wife were granted a divorce on Valentine's Day. The father had previously threatened to kill the children if his wife divorced him.

Yesterday the judge vacated the divorce saying "I'm doing what I believe is the right thing to do." The woman was represented at the hearing by attorneys from the Women & Children's Law Center. Her attorneys argued that vacating the divorce decree was the only way the long-time stay-at-home mom could get any monetary and health-care benefits from the military to help her start a new life.

For more information, read this article from the Daily Oklahoman.