Oklahoma Adoption Court Cases

Oklahoma Court Case: Rodriguez v. State
The question presented for our determination is whether the provisions of the Oklahoma statutes which require publication to obtain jurisdiction over the natural mother, when her whereabouts are unknown, in an action to terminate her parental rights as a prerequisite to adoption proceedings are unconstitutional as applied to indigent persons under the due process and equal protection provisions of the state and federal constitutions...


Oklahoma Court Case: In re B.K.J.
On December 7, 1977, the district court entered a journal entry by agreement of all of the parties and without hearing evidence, confirming the journal entry of judgment of October 4, 1977, except for the following: Patrick Jackson was ordered to pay to the Rogers "as and for his contribution and child support of the minor child the sum of $ 75.00 per month commencing...


Oklahoma Court Case: Michael F. v. State
The Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, upheld the trial judge's decision. Relying on Section 1130(A)(5) and (7), the appellate court agreed that the evidence supported the termination of parental rights. The court also determined that Mr. F.'s allegation that he was unconstitutionally deprived of a jury trial was unsupported by the record, insomuch as he had waived his right to trial by jury...


Oklahoma Court Case: In re Q.G.M.
On the morning of May 17, 1989, the mother's boyfriend attempted to pick up Q.G.M. at his grandparents, but they refused to let him leave. Later that morning, B. and G.M. called their lawyer, and they told him to file a petition for guardianship and for temporary custody. Around noon that same day, the mother located the grandparents and Q.G.M. at a hospital cafeteria...


Oklahoma Court Case: Estate of Flowers
The termination of parental rights terminates the parent-child relationship, including the parent's right to the custody of the child and his right to visit the child, his right to control the child's training and education, the necessity for the parent to consent to the adoption of the child and the parent's right to the earnings of the child, and the parent's right to inherit from or through the child...


Oklahoma Court Case: Winbigler v. Torres
The question before this Court is whether the trial court erred in terminating the parental rights of the appellants. We have previously granted certiorari to determine whether independent counsel should have been appointed for the minor child. We conclude that the minor child was entitled to be represented by independent counsel. Because the appellants did not preserve other issues presented in its brief in chief...


Oklahoma Court Case: In re C.J.S.
In 1990 Terri divorced her husband. Although the birth certificates name the husband as father, the divorce decree states that the husband is not the father of the three children. n1 In April 1991 Terri voluntarily relinquished her parental rights to the three children, placing them for adoption with the Hannah's Prayer Adoption Agency. Terri was told that the three children would not be separated...


Oklahoma Court Case: Adoption of J.R.M.
Three issues are presented: 1) whether the adoptive parents n1 presented clear and convincing evidence n2 that the natural father n3 wilfully failed to comply substantially with court ordered support for the year preceding the filing of the adoption petition; 2) whether 10 O.S. 1991 § 60.6, n4 allowing an adoption to proceed without parental consent for failure to provide court ordered support, violates a parent's procedural or substantive due process rights afforded by the United States...


Oklahoma Court Case: Adoption of K.D.K.
K.D.K. was born out of wedlock to Deanna Hames n1 on December 11, 1987. On March 30, 1990, she married Jason N. Roberts. On December 27, 1990, he was granted a default divorce from Hames. The divorce decree placed physical custody of K.D.K. with Wilma and Johnny Roberts (the Roberts), the parents of Jason Roberts, and ordered Hames and Jason Roberts to pay child support to the Roberts...


Oklahoma Court Case: Adoption of R.W.S.
On March 15, 1995, Judge Woodson determined that R.W.S. was not eligible for adoption without consent of his natural father. The trial judge ruled that the order entered by Judge White in the District Court of Creek County, Sapulpa Division, on June 15, 1994, in the divorce case had specifically reserved the issue of child support until the father was released from the custody of the Department of Corrections...


Oklahoma Court Case: Adoption of A.W.H.
The alleged fraud consisted of the Foglemans' promise to not change the boy's name. According to the biological father, his relinquishment of parental rights was expressly made conditional on this promise, and on the Foglemans' further promise to allow the social security money to accumulate for the child's educational needs. The biological father argued that the Foglemans lied in the adoption petition when they...


Oklahoma Court Case: In re Baby Boy W.
This is an action by an adoption agency to terminate the parental rights of a child's natural father. The child's natural mother placed the child with the agency for adoption, relinquishing her parental rights. The adoption agency then placed the child with prospective adoptive parents. The issue is whether the natural father was denied the chance to grasp his parental opportunity interest in his child through the actions of the child's...

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