Legal Opinion
IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF SCHULTZ
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 18, 2017No. Case Number: 114452PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWinchester, J.
¶ 1 The issue in this ease is whether the trial court lacked authority to vacate an adult adoption where both parties sought the termination of parental rights as competent adults. The trial court opined that because the Oklahoma Adoption Code, 10 O.S. 2011, 7507-1.1, neither authorizes nor prohibits the vacation of adult adoptions, it lacked authority to vacate the existing order. Appellants appealed to this Court directly, and we retained the first impression matter.
¶2 Based on the Legislature’s provisions in granting adult adoptions, parallel provisions for vacating adoptions of minor…
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