P.E.K. v. K.V.K.

REIF, Chief Judge.

Twelve-year-old P.E.K., through his guardian ad litem, appeals an order entered June 28, 1993, terminating the parental rights of his adoptive parents.1 The termination was ordered at a dispositional hearing that immediately followed the adjudicatory hearing and the trial court’s finding that P.E.K. was deprived under 10 O.S.1991 § 1101(4)(c). This section defines a child to be deprived when the child needs special care and treatment because of his physical or mental condition and his parents are unable to provide such special care and treatment.

In the petition seeking the…