Oklahoma Guardianship Law
Appointment, authority, and reporting under Title 30 | 1.0 General Credit
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Course Summary
Eric Strocen of Lai & Turner Law Firm walks through the Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act, 30 O.S. § 1-101 et seq., from petition to final report. The hour covers what a guardianship does and how the order and letters define a guardian's authority; general, limited, and special guardianships; the four questions in an adult case and the record needed for a minor; vetting a proposed guardian under § 4-105; the definitions in §§ 1-107 and 1-111 that drive pleading and proof; the guardian's plan, inventory, reports, and accountings; and custody by abandonment for qualified relatives under § 2-117. All sixteen Title 30 sections cited in the course are included as downloads.
About the presenter. Eric Strocen is the Director of Family Law at Lai & Turner Law Firm PLLC in Oklahoma City, where he practices family law and criminal defense, including guardianship, adoption, custody, and divorce matters. He received his B.S. in Criminal Justice and Corrections from Bacone College in 2015 and his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. In law school he competed in Moot Court and on the Negotiations Competition Team, and he served as a teaching assistant for a master’s program in Indigenous Studies. He began practicing in 2021 at a non-profit law firm focused on eviction defense, then carried a large caseload across several practice areas in Oklahoma state courts and the Cherokee Nation Tribal Courts. He is licensed in Oklahoma and is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Eric Strocen
Lai & Turner Law Firm PLLC
