Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Howard
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 12, 1985No. 59960PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
D.M.J. is a ten year old, half-Indian girl whose custody was awarded to her non-Indian mother in the 1976 divorce of her parents. In 1982 with the consent of the natural mother, an adoption was arranged with a married couple, appellees, who also happened to be non-Indian.1 With the Petition for Adoption was filed an Application For Adoption Without Consent of Natural Father. Appellant/natural father/full blood Cherokee Indian appeared in opposition at the hearing, as did the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, intervenor. The trial court on February 24,1983 determined that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crites, Adm'x v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
3Cited by11 opinions
- In the Matter of Baby Boy L.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- In Re Adoption of R.L.A.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2006
- Matter of Adoption of DMJSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- In re the Adoption of Baby Boy C.New York City Family Court · 2004
- IN THE MATTER OF I.T.S.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2021
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