Legal Opinion

Matter of Adoption of VAJ

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 15, 1983No. 55187Published

1Opinion of the Court

660 P.2d 139 (1983)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF V.A.J., a minor child.

Barbara BASS and Dennis BASS, Appellees,

v.

Allen Clayburn JUSTUS, Appellant.

No. 55187.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 15, 1983.

Douglas Loudenback, Loudenback & Cox, Stan L. Foster, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma City, for appellees.

D. Hays Foster, Gary G. Lyon, Legal Intern, Oklahoma City, for appellees.

OPALA, Justice:

The principal issue for review is whether under the terms of 10 O.S.Supp. 1974 § 60.6(3)[1] life imprisonment of the natural father for murder is sufficient per se to establish the son's…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. In Re the Adoption of Darren Todd H.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980

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