STATE EX REL. BARTON v. VELEY

No. 56867.

651 P.2d 683 (1982)

STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. L. Jack Barton, District Attorney for District No. 26, Woods County, Oklahoma, and Angelea Marie Holt, Appellees, v. Basil Charles VELEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., and Jimmy D. Givens, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee State of Oklahoma.

Jones & Gungoll by Stephen Jones, Enid, for appellant.


HODGES, Justice.

The novel question presented is whether the mother of a child born out-of-wedlock has the right to representation by private counsel in a paternity proceeding. We find that she does.

A paternity complaint was lodged against Basil Charles Veley [defendant-appellant] by the Woods County District Attorney on behalf of Angela Marie Holt [complainant-appellee]. The complainant employed private counsel...

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