State v. Walker

BOUDREAU, Justice:

T1 Today we are asked to determine whether a mother's procedural due process rights were violated when the trial court excluded her from the courtroom while her seven year-old son testified in a proceeding *486to terminate her parental rights We hold that under the cireumstances of this case, the mother's procedural due process rights were not violated.

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FACTS

12 The State of Oklahoma (State) filed a petition alleging R.W. (son) and A.M. (daughter) to be deprived children as to their natural mother Patrice Walker (mother). The State also sought immediate termination of the…