Legal Opinion
Wade v. Geren
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 22, 1987No. 67271, 67828PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
This is a suit between a child’s natural father and her maternal grandparents. The grandparents adopted the child in Oklahoma with the mother’s consent but without notice to the natural father. At the time of the adoption a suit was pending in Missouri between the father (who was unwed at the birth of the child), the mother, and the grandparents, in which suit the father was seeking to establish his paternity and to win custody of the child. The Oklahoma court was not apprised of the pendency of the Missouri proceedings.
After learning of the adoption the father sued in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re Adoption of GravesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
- Application of GroverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Bette J. W. v. Kitty Louise S.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
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