IN RE S.L.

No. 97,815.

76 P.3d 77 (2003)

2003 OK CIV APP 69

In the Matter of S.L., a deprived child. State of Oklahoma, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Lonnie Johnson and Donnetta LittleJohn, Defendants/Appellants.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

Approved for Publication by Order July 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Wesley Lane II, District Attorney, Jane A. Brown, Assistant District Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Sherry J. Neal, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant/Appellant Lonnie Johnson.

Mary H. Tolbert, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, OK, and W. Ryan Hauser, Office of the Juvenile Public Defender, Oklahoma City, OK, for Child.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

Opinion by JOE C. TAYLOR, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Father, Lonnie Johnson, appeals a judgment on a jury verdict terminating his parental rights to his minor child, S.L. The issues on appeal are (1) whether a prior judgment not to terminate Father's parental rights has preclusive effect which bars the present termination proceedings, (2)whether the verdict of termination...

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