State v. Mirabile

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HANSEN, Presiding Judge:

In Davis v. Davis, 708 P.2d 1102 (Okla.1985), the Oklahoma Supreme Court held an involuntary termination of parental rights could not be effected in a private interparental proceeding based upon the Juvenile Code, 10 O.S.1981 § 1101 et seq. Presumably in response to this decision, the Oklahoma Legislature amended 10 O.S. 1981 § 1130 to provide otherwise. That section now states:

D. A parent or guardian of a child may petition the court to terminate the parental rights of a parent or the parents of a child for any of the grounds listed in paragraphs 1,…