KITE v. CULBERTSON

Citations

• 565 P.3d 38
• 2025 OK 3

Syllabus

¶0 After the appellee, Heather Kite, and the appellant, Jessica Culbertson got into a physical altercation, Kite sought a Victim's Protection Order (VPO) against Culbertson, in the District Court of Oklahoma County. Culbertson was the live-in girlfriend of the father of Kite's two children with whom Kite shares joint custody. The trial court granted a VPO, prohibiting Culbertson from contact with Kite or her children for five years. Culbertson appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in issuing the VPO. We retained the cause to review whether the trial court abused its discretion by issuing the VPO. We hold that it did not.