Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Choctaw County District Attorney v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 19, 1988No. Nos. 64156, 64157PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
In the district court of Choctaw County there were pending two types of cases concerning the same small boy who had been adjudicated “deprived” and was a ward of the court: (1) a juvenile proceeding to terminate the mother’s rights brought by the Department of Human Services (DHS), and (2) an adoption proceeding brought by a couple named Anderson. These cases stretched out over several years, were consolidated, and finally resulted in a hearing at which the trial court “relinquished jurisdiction” in the juvenile case and entered an interlocutory decree of adoption in favor of…
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