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MATTER OF B.C.

Nos. 64156, 64157.

749 P.2d 542 (1988)

In the Matter of B.C., J.W.C., and A.C.; Deprived Children. In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.W.C., Minor Child. STATE OF Oklahoma ex rel., CHOCTAW COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY and Department of Human Services, Appellants, v. Jerald Ralph ANDERSON and Josephine Ann Anderson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Ed Payne, Hugo, for appellees Jerald and Josephine Anderson.

Holmes & Johnson, Chiles E. Townsend, Kenneth E. Holmes, Ponca City, for appellants Mr. and Mrs. John Doe.

John K. Bounds, Asst. Dist. Atty., Hugo, and Thomas H. Tucker, Pamela K. Padley, Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services, Oklahoma City, for appellants Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services.

SUMMERS, Justice.

In the district court of Choctaw County there were pending two types of cases concerning the same small boy who had been adjudicated "deprived" and was a ward of the court: (1) a juvenile proceeding to terminate the mother's rights brought by the Department of Human Services (DHS), and (2) an adoption proceeding brought by a couple named Anderson. These cases stretched out over several years, were consolidated...

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