MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF WALLING

Nos. 62400, 63344.

727 P.2d 586 (1986)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Timothy Glenn WALLING and Matthew Lynn Walling, Minors, Lana WALLING, Appellant, v. Billy Eugene WALLING and Gloria Walling, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing September 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Joe Lankford, Sweeney & Lankford, Norman, for appellant.

Donita Bourns Douglas, Fagin, Hewett, Mathews & Fagin, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


SUMMERS, Justice.

This case involves a custody dispute over two boys, approximate ages eight and six, with the mother on one side and the paternal grandparents on the other. The custody dispute took the form of a guardianship proceeding brought by the grandparents in Beckham County. The first question presented is a jurisdictional one concerning the applicability of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, 10 O.S.1981...

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