Olney v. Gordon

George Rose Smith, Justice.

On June 10, 1963, the appellees, Frederick L. Gordon and his wife, obtained a decree in Oklahoma by which they purportedly adopted the nine-day-old son of the appellant, Boyd D. Olney. That decree was entered without the father’s knowledge and without any notice whatsoever to him that such a proceeding was pending. To this day, as far as the record shows, Olney has never laid eyes on his son. For almost three years he has been continuously engaged in litigation, first to learn the whereabouts of his child and then, having at last found his son, to establish his…