LAWS v. STATE EX REL. OKLAHOMA DHS

No. 96,740.

81 P.3d 78 (2003)

2003 OK CIV APP 97

Rita LAWS, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma ex rel., OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and Howard Hendrick, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 4.

Certiorari Denied November 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kayla A. Bower, Joy J. Turner, Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Travis Smith, Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants/Appellees.

Kent Markus, Columbus, OH, for Amicus Curiae, The Dave Thomas Center, for Adoption Law.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 4.

Opinion by KEITH RAPP, Judge:

¶ 1 The trial court plaintiff, Rita Laws (Laws), an adoptive parent of G.L., appeals the trial court decision sustaining in part the decision of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (State) to deny adoption assistance benefits for G.L. to Laws. The State appeals the same trial court decision which overruled in part the State...

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