Legal Opinion
Zaharias v. Gammill
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 12, 1993No. 73040PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
Louis Zaharias brought an action against Jay Orville Gammill and Norma Jean Gam-mill, his wife’s parents, seeking damages in tort for their alleged intentional interference with his custodial rights to his children. This cause of action has never been recognized in this state, and the trial court sustained the Gammills’ Motion to Dismiss Zaharias’s petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
In his appeal, Zaharias seeks our recognition of the tort of intentional interference with custodial rights in this jurisdiction. As discussed below, we refuse to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Buckner v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- Eddy v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Niemeyer v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
- Kajtazi v. KajtaziDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Larson v. DunnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
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3Cited by25 opinions
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