State Supreme Court / Okla.

Matter of Adoption of Baby Boy D

Decided November 12, 1985. Hardy Summers wrote the opinion for the court.

742 P.2d 1059 · Cited 83 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Quilloin v. Walcott · 434 U.S. 246
Schroeder v. City of New York · 371 U.S. 208
In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. A-25525 · 667 P.2d 228
Armstrong v. Manzo · 380 U.S. 545
Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217
McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164
Choate v. Trapp · 224 U.S. 665
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Wakefield v. Little Light · 347 A.2d 228
Cate v. Archon Oil Co., Inc. · 695 P.2d 1352
Bomford v. Socony Mobil Oil Co. · 440 P.2d 713
Democratic Party of Oklahoma v. Estep · 652 P.2d 271
Independent School District No. 9 v. Glass · 639 P.2d 1233
Alvarado v. State · 486 P.2d 891
In Re State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation · 646 P.2d 605
Wilson v. Foster · 595 P.2d 1329
Ahboah v. Housing Authority of the Kiowa Tribe of Indians · 660 P.2d 625
Carle v. Carle · 503 P.2d 1050
WISCONSIN POTOWATOMIES, ETC. v. Houston · 393 F. Supp. 719
State Ex Rel. Cartwright v. Oklahoma Tax Commission · 653 P.2d 1230
Bailey v. City of Tulsa · 491 P.2d 316
In Re Estate of LaSarge · 526 P.2d 930

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

In re S.C. · 833 P.2d 1249
Matter of SC · 833 P.2d 1249
White v. Adoption of Baby Boy D. · 2000 OK 44
In the Matter of Baby Boy L. · 2004 OK 93
Matter of Adoption of Baby Girl M. · 942 P.2d 235
Leatherman v. Yancey · 103 P.3d 1099
Matter of Adoption of a Child of Indian Heritage · 543 A.2d 925
In Re the Termination of Parental Rights Over Boy K. · 546 N.W.2d 86
In Re Alexandria Y. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1483
Steltzlen v. Fritz · 134 P.3d 141
In Re Adoption of IDG · 2002 OK CIV APP 22
K.T. v. Oklahoma Department of Human Services · 42 P.3d 303
Orange County Social Services Agency v. Renea Y. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1483
Kessel v. Leavitt · 511 S.E.2d 720
Nelson v. Nelson · 1998 OK 10
In Re the Adoption of T.N.F. · 781 P.2d 973
Adoption of C.D.M. v. Maxwell · 2001 OK 103
In the Matter of the Guardianship of M.R.S. · 960 P.2d 357
In Re Adoption of Baby Girl B. · 2003 OK CIV APP 24
In Re the Termination of the Parental Rights of the Biological Parents of Baby Boy W. · 1999 OK 74
In Re JS · 2008 OK CIV APP 15
In re the Adoption of Baby A. · 131 P.3d 153
Matter of Guardianship of MRS · 1998 OK 38
Stephens v. State · 177 P.3d 590
Hendrick v. Walters · 865 P.2d 1232

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