Legal Opinion

In Re Lewis'adoption

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided February 5, 1963No. 39580PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACKSON, Justice.

The decisive questions presented in this-appeal are (1) whether appeals from a decree of adoption in the Children’s Court of Oklahoma County should be taken to-the district court or to the supreme court, and (2) whether the continuing jurisdiction-of a district court over a minor child of the parties to a divorce action comes to an end when the child is adopted pursuant to children’s court adoption proceedings.

The child concerned is Deborah Seyan-Lewis, the minor child of Betty Frances. Lewis, now Raulston, and Francis Earl Lewis, hereinafter referred to as Betty and Earl.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Younger v. YoungerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Hardesty v. HardestySupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  3. State v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  4. In Re Mize's GuardianshipSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
  5. McNee v. HartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. ShondelUtah Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Lozoya v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1996
  3. Oklahoma Ass'n of Municipal Attorneys v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
  4. In Re the Adoption of GreerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
  5. Trask v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969

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