Legal Opinion
Malone v. Malone
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 13, 1979No. 51685PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
This appeal involves the modification of the custody of two minor children of the litigants and the procedures utilized by the trial court in reaching its decision. Custody of the children was changed from the father-appellant to the mother-appellee, after the trial court took the matter under advisement and ordered an in-home study report of the mother’s home by the Department of Institutions and Social and Rehabilitative Services [DISRS] after the trial proceedings had been concluded.
The determinative question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in entering its order…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Rea v. ReaOregon Supreme Court · 1952
- Washburn v. WashburnCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- Kesseler v. KesselerNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Wood v. TUCKERSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Crussel v. KirkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
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