Kirschstein v. Haynes

DOOLIN, Justice,

with whom KAUGER and ALMA WILSON, Justices, joins; dissenting:

The matter before us today is properly defined by the majority. If the application made to file a delayed certificate of birth under 63 O.S.1981 § 1-3131 is a judicial proceeding or “other” proceeding authorized by law as used in 12 O.S.1981, § 1443.1,2 there is little doubt that the majority correctly holds that the proceeding under 12 O.S.1981, § 1443.1 applies to quasi judicial proceedings.

To be terse and to the point, I do not believe the action or application is judicial, quasi-judicial, or any other proceeding…