Legal Opinion
In Re Bomgardner
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 25, 1986No. 61329PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice.
The dispositive issue for review is whether a grandparent’s claim for access and companionship of their deceased daughter’s offspring, which arose before it became remediable under 10 O.S.1981 § 5,1 is actionable under that section. We answer in the affirmative and hold that because the legislature intended for the 1981 amendment to apply to all grandparental claims .of access and to prevent the offspring’s alienation from the grandparents *94when one parent is deceased, the district court erred in denying the claim by its judgment on the father’s demurrer to the petition.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1908
- Oklahoma Water Resources Board v. Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy DistrictSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
- Becknell v. State Industrial CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Wickham v. Gulf Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
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3Cited by52 opinions
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