WADE v. MANTOOTH

No. 41209.

417 P.2d 313 (1966)

Billy Dee WADE, Plaintiff in Error, v. Elmer Herle MANTOOTH and Kathleen N. Mantooth, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carloss Wadlington, Ada, for plaintiff in error.

Conner O. Montgomery, Durant, for defendants in error.


HALLEY, Chief Justice.

This action was commenced in the County Court of Bryan County when Kathleen Nabors Mantooth and her present husband, Elmer Herle Mantooth, filed their petition seeking the adoption of Mrs. Mantooth's child by a former marriage, Anthony Dee Wade, age 7. The natural father of the child, Billy Dee Wade, was the respondent in the action.

The pleadings in the case consisted of a Petition for Adoption...

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