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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF V.A.J.

No. 55187.

660 P.2d 139 (1983)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF V.A.J., a minor child. Barbara BASS and Dennis BASS, Appellees, v. Allen Clayburn JUSTUS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Loudenback, Loudenback & Cox, Stan L. Foster, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma City, for appellees.

D. Hays Foster, Gary G. Lyon, Legal Intern, Oklahoma City, for appellees.

OPALA, Justice:

The principal issue for review is whether under the terms of 10 O.S.Supp. 1974 § 60.6(3)1 life imprisonment of the natural father for murder is sufficient per se to establish the son's eligibility for adoption without paternal consent on the grounds of wilful failure to support the child according to one's financial ability. We answer in the negative.

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