Legal Opinion

In Re the Guardianship of Q.G.M.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 26, 1991No. 74370Published

1Opinion of the Court

808 P.2d 684 (1991)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Q.G.M., a minor.

No. 74370.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 26, 1991.

L. Susan Work and Colline W. Meek, Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc., Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Richard E. Butner, Wewoka, for appellees.

KAUGER, Justice.

After refusing to allow the Seminole Tribe to intervene, the trial court granted letters of guardianship to the paternal grandparents of a Seminole Indian child. The dispositive issues are whether: 1) an Indian tribe which seeks to intervene in the proceedings must intervene at the first stage of the proceedings, or…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Toxic Waste Impact Group, Inc. v. LeavittSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
  3. In Re Junious M.California Court of Appeal · 1983
  4. In Re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Action No. S-903.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1981
  5. In Re the Adoption of T.N.F.Alaska Supreme Court · 1989

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