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CROOKS v. DIST. CT. OF SEVENTH JUD. DIST., OKL. CTY.

No. 52281.

581 P.2d 897 (1978)

Marguerite CROOKS, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF the State of Oklahoma, SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OKLAHOMA COUNTY, and the Honorable Arthur Lory Rakestraw, District Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Buchanan, Hanson, Peterson & Tompkins, Inc., Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Theresa L. Bohman, Asst. Public Defender, Roma M. McElwee, Asst. Dist. Atty., Oklahoma City, Donald Lee Ritter, Staff Atty. II, Dept. of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services, Oklahoma City, for respondents.

LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice:

Marguerite Crooks is the natural mother of two minor children, a boy approximately two years old and a girl approximately one year old. While the mother was an Iowa resident, proceedings were commenced in that jurisdiction to adjudicate the children "in need of assistance." That determination is somewhat similar to this state's determination of dependent children. After notice and summons of...

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