IN RE BABY GIRL L.

No. 96,158.

51 P.3d 544 (2002)

2002 OK 9

In the MATTER OF BABY GIRL L. S.C., Appellee, v. J.L., Defendant, and D.M. and B.M. Putative Adoptive Parents, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Modified on Grant of Rehearing July 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Terry Bado, Barbara K. Bado, Bado & Bado, Edmond, for Appellants.

Gary Taylor and Stan Foster, Oklahoma City, Richard C. Lerblance, Hartshorne, for Appellee.


SUMMERS, J.

¶ 1 This is a custody dispute between a married couple desiring to adopt, who have had custody of an infant child since a month after her birth, and the child's unmarried natural father, who has sought custody during that time. The adoption failed by reason of (1) the father's refusal to consent (the natural mother originally gave her consent) and (2) in an earlier appellate case relating to this child, the...

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