IN RE BABY BOY W.

No. 91,604.

988 P.2d 1270 (1999)

1999 OK 74

In the Matter of the TERMINATION OF the PARENTAL RIGHTS OF the BIOLOGICAL PARENTS OF BABY BOY W., a minor child.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Givens, Jones, Givens, Gotcher & Bogan, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Hannah's Prayer Adoption Agency, Inc.

Benjamin C. Faulkner, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Natural Father.

Lisa R. Frazier, Assistant Public Defender, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Minor Child.

Carol S. Nichols, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Prospective Adoptive Parents.


HODGES, J.

¶ 1 This is an action by an adoption agency to terminate the parental rights of a child's natural father. The child's natural mother placed the child with the agency for adoption, relinquishing her parental rights. The adoption agency then placed the child with prospective adoptive parents.

¶ 2 The issue is whether the natural father was denied the chance to grasp his parental opportunity interest...

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