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MATTER OF JERRY L.

No. 58347.

662 P.2d 1372 (1983)

In the Matter of JERRY L., A Minor Child. Alice L. MANN and Jerry L., a Minor Child, Appellants, v. The OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS, Social and Rehabilitative Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron L. Wilhite, Mark A. Craige, Durant, for appellant.

Larry G. Grant, Dist. Atty. by Douglas Gabbard II, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Durant, for appellee.

DOOLIN, Justice:

The issue in this appeal is the proper interpretation of 10 O.S. 1981, § 1130 A(5):1 must there be two incidents of physical abuse against a child before parental rights to that child can be terminated?

Jerry L. was three years old when the district attorney filed a petition alleging the child was deprived: sexually molested by his mother and stepfather. Evidence at trial showed the child had contracted...

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