Frey v. Department of Institutions, Social & Rehabilitative Services

HODGES, Vice Chief Justice.

This action arose as the result of the Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services of the State of Oklahoma (DISRS) filing a petition seeking to have two minor children declared dependent and neglected. The district court was asked to declare the children wards of the court and to make such provisions as it deemed proper for their welfare. This hearing was necessary because Paul Reyna, the natural father of Melinda Reyna and the adoptive father of Natasha Reyna, had killed the natural mother of the children. He was incarcerated in the Comanche…