Legal Opinion
Davis v. Davis
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 25, 1985No. 58468PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether an involuntary termination of parental bond may be effected in a private interparental proceeding based upon the grounds provided in 10 O.S. 1981 § 1130(A)(4).1 We answer this question in the negative and reverse the trial court’s termination order.2 The remedies provided in the so-called Juvenile Code3 are to be viewed as restricted to public-law contests in which the state may rightly assert an interest qua parens patriae. In a purely *1105private interparental proceeding either to free a child of a parent’s dominion or to effectuate…
2Cases cited76 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- McCormack v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Stapleton v. Dauphin County Child Care ServiceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by87 opinions
- Silver v. SlusherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 349, State Question No. 642Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. StubblefieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- Jackson v. Oklahoma Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
- Strelecki v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
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