Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Institutions, Social & Rehabilitative Services v. Griffis
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 9, 1975No. 47769PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
Petitioner, Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services, (Department) requests this Court to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ of prohibition against Respondent Trial Judge to prohibit him from proceeding further in Caddo County District Court Case No. A-74-13, an adoption action.
The subject of the adoption is a minor female whom we shall refer to as “Debbie” for the purpose of this opinion. Debbie was six years of age when Wade and Mildred Johnson (Johnsons) filed a petition for her adoption in the District Court, Caddo County, on the 6th day of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re Adoption of KureSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
- State ex rel. Portage County Welfare Dept. v. SummersOhio Supreme Court · 1974
- In Re the Adoption of GreerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
- In Re HaunOhio Court of Appeals · 1972
- In re HaunCuyahoga County Probate Court · 1971
3Cited by10 opinions
- Adoption of C.D.M. v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Oxendine v. Catawba County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Stout v. Tippecanoe County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re the Adoption of M.J.S.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2007
- In re the Adoption of M.J.S.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2007
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