Family Law Advisor®

OKLAHOMA LEGAL RESEARCH

• Oklahoma Legal Research System, sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association, with a searchable statute & case law database (published & unpublished decisions) http://www.onenet.net/oklegal
• Oklahoma Supreme Court Network (OSCN), an Internet pioneer with one of the 1^st officially adopted public domain citation systems in the U.S., required to be utilized effective January 1, 1998. It, too, has a fully searchable case law (published decisions only) and statute database: http://www.oscn.net/. You can match a West Pacific 2^nd citation to obtain the public domain citation.

PRO BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE/SERVICES

• Directory of Oklahoma Pro Bono Programs - http://www.unitedwayokc.org/legalaid.html
• Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma - Oklahoma City (405-557-0020)
• Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma - Tulsa (918-584-3211)
• Oklahoma Dept of Human Services, Child Support Enforcement (800-522-2922)

ABUSE & RUNAWAY HOTLINES

• Child or Adult Abuse Hotline, 24 hours (800-522-3522)
• Oklahoma Crisis Referral & Other Hotline (800-522-2922) http://www.health.state.ok.us/phone/hotline.html
• Domestic Violence Hotline (800-522-7233)
• Call Rape, Tulsa, http://www.callrape.com
• Rape Crisis Hotlines, Oklahoma City (405-943-7273 or 405-943-4724)
• YMCA Crisis Center, 24 hours, Oklahoma City (405-947-4506 or 405-949-1866)
• Cleveland County Youth Shelter, Norman, 24 hours (405-321-0240)
• Hope House, Shawnee, 24 hours (405-275-3340)
• Family Junction, Oklahoma City, 24 hours (405-272-0726)
• Logan County Youth & Family, Guthrie, 24 hours (405-282-7045)
• Mid-Del Youth & Family, Oklahoma City, 24 hours (405-424-0177)
• Missing Children Clearing House, Oklahoma City (405-848-6724)
• National Runaway Hotline (800-621-4000)
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (800-843-5678)
• Runaway & Youth Crisis Hotline (800-843-5678)

If you have additional Internet locations and/or phone numbers which should be listed here, please E-mail me at loudenbk@swbell.net and I will attempt to include them. Your help will be appreciated in expanding this to a state-wide resource for Oklahoma family law issues.

-- Douglas Loudenback, Esq.