Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Yahola

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 29, 1938No. 28856PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.

In Ex parte Yahola, 180 Okla. 637, 71 P.2d 968, which was a habeas corpus action by the father of' a child against its maternal grandparents, we modified and affirmed the judgment of the trial court, denying to the father the exclusive custody of the child, in view of the circumstances of the case as related in said opinion. We further affirmed that portion of the judgment ordering the father to pay $20 per month toward the support of the child, stating that both by common law and statute the father is charged with the support of his legitimate unmarried minor child, and that:

“A habeas corpus…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Yahola v. BerryhillSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  2. Whitehead v. BunchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
  3. Ex Parte ChaseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
  4. Ex Parte DeickmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brooks v. BaltzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
  2. Yahola v. WhippleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
  3. Walters v. CowleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
  4. Brooks v. BaltzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000

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