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Matter of Adoption of ESP

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 27, 1978No. 51191PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

584 P.2d 209 (1978)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF E. S. P. and C. L. P.

GLEN EDWARD V. and Cynthia J. V., Respondents,

v.

EDWARD P., Jr., Petitioner.

No. 51191.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 27, 1978.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1978.

Lackey & Wendel, Eufaula, for respondents.

Gotcher, Gotcher & Gotcher, McAlester, for petitioner.

BERRY, Justice:

Husband and wife petitioned to adopt wife's children by her previous marriage to children's natural father. As part of the adoption proceedings, husband and wife asked trial court to declare the children eligible for adoption without consent of the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re Welfare of SegoWashington Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Sims v. STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, ETC.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1977
  3. Wade v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
  4. Central Plastics Company v. GoodsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
  5. Sweet v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1957

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
  2. In Re the Adoption of Darren Todd H.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  3. Merrell v. MerrellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
  4. Adoption of J.R.M. v. MaddenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  5. Chadwick v. FullerCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993

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