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IN RE ADOPTION OF D.D.B.

No. 99,160.

87 P.3d 1112 (2004)

2004 OK CIV APP 31

In the matter of the ADOPTION OF D.D.B. and M.L.R.H., minor children. Carla Kaye Jonas and R.B. Jonas, Petitioners/Appellants, v. Department of Human Services, Jimmy Hill, and Chi Hill, Respondents/Appellees.

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

March 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Walters, Broken Bow, OK, for Minor Children.

Maria Tasi Blakely, Hugo, OK, for Petitioners/Appellants.

Charles Lee Waters, General Counsel, Bonnie Clift, Assistant General Counsel Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent/Appellee Department of Human Services.

Thomas Hadley, Antlers, OK, for Respondents/Appellees Jimmy Hill and Chi Hill.1

Opinion by TOM COLBERT, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 Carla Kaye Jonas and R.B. Jonas appeal from the trial court's order dismissing their petition to adopt Mrs. Jonas's grandchildren. The issue on appeal is whether the court erred in concluding that it did not have jurisdiction to consider the Jonases' petition. Upon review of the record and applicable law, we conclude that it did err and reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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