Legal Opinion

Latham v. State

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 30, 2007No. 103,304Published

1Opinion of the Court

DOUG GABBARD II, Presiding Judge.

1 Appellant, Kevin Latham (Father), appeals from a trial court order terminating his parental rights to his child, K.N.L., following a jury trial. We affirm.

FACTS

T2 On July 4, 2002, two-year-old K.N.L. was taken into protective custody by the Department of Human Services (DHS) after the child's mother (Mother)was arrested on a charge of destruction of property. Mother and Father had been separated since 2001, and Mother was living with her boyfriend.

13 A week later, the State of Oklahoma (State) filed a petition alleging that KN.L. was deprived because Mother…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. In Re Randy Scott B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986

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