Miller v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JONES, Presiding Judge:

This appeal comes before this court on Appellants’ brief only. We recognize that generally, where no answer brief is filed, and the omission is unexcused, the appellate courts are under no duty to search the record for some theory to sustain the trial court’s judgment, and on appeal, will ordinarily, where the brief in chief is reasonably supportive of the allegations of error, reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings. See, e.g., Sneed v. Sneed, 585 P.2d 1363 (Okla.1978); Harvey v. Hall, 471 P.2d 911 (Okla.1970). However, it is equally…