Legal Opinion
Matter of Adoption of V.A.J.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 15, 1983No. 55187PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice:
The principal issue for review is whether under the terms of 10 O.S.Supp.1974 § 60.-6(3)1 life imprisonment of the natural father for murder is sufficient per se to establish the son’s eligibility for adoption without paternal consent on the grounds of wilful failure to support the child according to one’s financial ability. We answer in the negative.
The natural parents of Von Allen Justus [child] were divorced in 1976. The mother remarried. Two years before the divorce, the natural father had been convicted of first degree murder. His sentence was commuted to life…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re the Adoption of Darren Todd H.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- In Re Adoption of GravesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
- Matter of Adoption of CMGSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Matter of DelaneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- In re R.H.N.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- In Re Adoption of TLCWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
- Adoption of C.D.M. v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Adoption of J.R.M. v. MaddenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
- In Re Adoption of AdaWyoming Supreme Court · 2006
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