MATTER OF ADOPTION OF J.L.H.

No. 63524.

737 P.2d 915 (1987)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.L.H., Jr., and J.P.H., Minors. D.K.H., Appellant, v. J.L.H. and B.A.H., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Witzke, Messrs. Huckaby, Fleming, Frailey, Chaffin & Darrah, Chickasha, for appellant.

Richard E. Koenig, Messrs. Ferguson, Horn & Lawson, Chickasha, for appellees.


OPALA, Justice.

The issues for disposition on certiorari are: [1] Is Oklahoma a constitutionally sanctioned forum state for the exercise of judicial cognizance to declare minor children — bona fide residents of this state — eligible for adoption by their domiciliary father and stepmother without the consent of the noncustodial natural mother, a nonresident who claims to have had no minimum contacts with Oklahoma...

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