Legal Opinion

Matter of Adoption of RRR

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 17, 1988No. 66030Published

1Opinion of the Court

763 P.2d 94 (1988)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF R.R.R. minor child.

L.R.R., Appellant,

v.

R.D.R., Appellee.

No. 66030.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 11, 1988.

As Corrected October 17, 1988.

Annette H. Prince, Oklahoma City, for Appellant,

Terri Coulter, Oklahoma City, for appellee.

KAUGER, Justice.

The only issue presented is whether a child of married parents who are still married may be adopted without their consent because of their failure to support the child. We find that a child may be adopted without the consent of a married parent under 10 O.S. 1981 § 60.6(3)(b),[1] if the parent has…

Also in this document: Dissent · Summers; Dissent · Simms.

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & ReformSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Fuller v. OdomSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
  3. Jackson v. Independent School District No. 16Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
  4. Poafpybitty v. Skelly Oil CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
  5. AMF Tubescope Company v. HatchelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976

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