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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF R.W.S.

Nos. 86122, 88053.

951 P.2d 83 (1997)

1997 OK 148

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF R.W.S., a minor child. Ricky Earl COMBS and Sandra Faye Combs, Appellants, v. Johnny Ray SUTTON, Appellee. and In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF R.W.S., a minor child. Jennifer SUTTON, Plaintiff, v. Johnny SUTTON, Defendant, Ricky Earl COMBS and Sandra Faye Combs, Appellants, v. Jennifer SUTTON, Johnny Sutton, Jerry Sutton, Sharon Sanders, Dennis Lamecker and Dorothy Lamecker, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Young, Sapulpa, for Appellants, Ricky Earl Combs and Sandra Faye Combs, Case Numbers 86,122 and 88,053.

H. Duane Riffe, Broken Arrow, for Appellee, Johnny Ray Sutton, Case Number 86,122 and for Appellees, Jerry Sutton and Sharon Sanders, Case Number 88,053.

Jo Stanley Glenn, Tulsa, for Appellee, Johnny Ray Sutton, Case Number 88,053.

Charles Whitman, Tulsa, for Appellee, Jennifer Sutton, Case Number 88,053.

Jeff DeFord, Sapulpa, for R.W.S., Case Number 88,053.

Melinda Johnson Ryan, Sapulpa, for Appellees, Dennis Lamecker and Dorothy Lamecker, Case Number 88,053.

HARGRAVE, Justice.

¶ 1 Before us are two related cases that we dispose of today by a single opinion. In Case No. 86,122, Ricky Earl Combs and Sandra Faye Combs appeal the trial court's denial of their petition for adoption of R.W.S. based on his determination that consent of the natural father, Johnny Sutton, was required. Case No. 86,122 is submitted on appellants' brief only. In Case No. 88,053, the Combs appealed from...

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