In Re Lewis'adoption
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
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
- Younger v. YoungerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Hardesty v. HardestySupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
- State v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- In Re Mize's GuardianshipSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- McNee v. HartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. ShondelUtah Supreme Court · 1969
- Lozoya v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1996
- Oklahoma Ass'n of Municipal Attorneys v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
- In Re the Adoption of GreerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
- Trask v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
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