Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Adoption of Robin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 15, 1977No. 49626PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
This is an appeal by Laura Osborne, nee King, from the trial court’s order denying her petition to vacate and set aside the decree of adoption which declared her natural daughter, Robin, to be the adopted child of Jerry and Billie King (appellees). Jerry King is Laura’s natural father and Billie King, his wife, Laura’s stepmother.
These facts are undisputed. In May of 1969, Laura, then sixteen years old, unmarried and in the last month of her pregnancy, moved into the King’s home in Sasaska, Oklahoma. On June 16, 1969, she gave birth to Robin and after several days of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re Adoption of GravesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
- State Ex Rel. Burk v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Jones v. SnyderSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Mann v. GarretteSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. StubblefieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- In Re the Adoption of Darren Todd H.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B.Utah Supreme Court · 2017
- T.M.F. v. Children's Service Society of WisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
- Adoption of C.D.M. v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
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