Legal Opinion

Adoption of J.R.M. v. Madden

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 18, 1995No. 82274PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAUGER, Vice Chief Justice:

Three issues are presented: 1) whether the adoptive parents 1 presented clear and convincing evidence 2 that the natural father 3 wilfully failed to comply substantially with court ordered support for the year preceding the filing of the adoption petition; 2) whether 10 O.S.1991 § 60.6, 4 allowing an adoption to proceed without parental consent for failure to provide court ordered support, violates a parent’s procedural or substantive due process rights afforded by the United States Const, amend. XIV 5 or the Okla. Const, art. 2, § 7; 6 and 3) whether failure to…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Gaylord Entertainment Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
  2. Brock v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
  3. Nelson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
  4. BABY F. v. OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT COURTSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2015
  5. HILL v. AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSESupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2018

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