Court Opinion

ID: 3793486
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:39:33.959815+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:21:50.628353
License: Public Domain

OPINION — AG — ** NEPOTISM — WIDOW — SON APPOINTED COUNTY COMMISSIONER ** THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED A MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM. AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT, THERE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS DEPARTMENT A YOUNG LADE WHO WAS THE WIDOW OF A DECEASED SON OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER OF THE COMMISSIONER'S SON. SHE HAS NOT REMARRIED. IS THIS A VIOLATION OF THE NEPOTISM ACT ? — NEGATIVE CITE: 21 O.S. 481 [21-481] (COUNTY OFFICE) (SAM H. LATTIMORE)