Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 76, § 8 (2026)

Wrongs against personal relations

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The rights of personal relation forbid: 1. The abduction of a husband from his wife, a wife from her husband or of a parent from his child. 2. The abduction or enticement of a child from a parent, or from a guardian entitled to its custody, or of a servant from his master. 3. An injury to a servant. R.L. 1910, § 2957; Laws 1976, c. 164, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1976.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1974–2014 · leading case: Lockhart v. Loosen, 1997 OK 103, 943 P.2d 1074.
Lockhart v. Loosen, 1997 OK 103, 943 P.2d 1074. · cites it 2× “The provisions of 76 O.S.1991 § 8, which are declaratory of the common law on this very subject, are: The rights of personal relation forbid: 1.”
Zaharias v. Gammill, 844 P.2d 137 (Okla. 1993). · cites it 2× “76 O.S.1981, § 8; Johnson v. Harris, 187 Okla.”
Nash ex rel. Nash v. Baker, 522 P.2d 1335 (Okla. Civ. App. 1974). · cites it 3× “” This must be construed together with the specific section on “Wrongs Against Personal Relations”, 76 O.S.1971, § 8: “The rights of personal relations forbid: (1) The abduction of a husband from his wife or of a parent from his child.”
Wilkins v. State, 1999 OK CR 27, 985 P.2d 184. “1992) wherein the Oklahoma Supreme Court stated that a cause of action for abduction or enticement under 76 O.S.1981, § 8 against a parent did not apply where the parent has equal custody rights to the children.”
SER Justin S. Golden, Sr. v. Hon. Tod J. Kaufman, 760 S.E.2d 883 (W. Va. 2014). “29 (1991); Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 76, § 8,1 (1987); Or.”
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