Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of Greer
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 14, 1969No. 42822PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McINERNEY, Justice.
A petition for the adoption of James Ronald Greer, then age 4, and Jetta Kay Greer, then age 3, was filed on August 16, 1967 by Janet Greer, the natural mother of the two children, and Ronald Greer, her husband. The petition alleged that the natural father of the children, William O. Nolen, had not contributed to the support of either of the children for more than one year next preceding the filing of the petition. Failure to contribute to the support of the children obviates the necessity of parental consent, under 10 O.S.1961, § 60.7, later amended by S.L.1968, C. 247, §…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Adoption of BurtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- In Re Lewis'adoptionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
- Clampitt v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Wade v. MantoothSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- In Re Estate of LeichtenbergAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- Matter of Adoption of CMGSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Adoption of C.D.M. v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- In re Adoption of McDermittOhio Supreme Court · 1980
- Hamrick v. SewardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
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