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IN RE ADOPTION OF BABY G.

Nos. 105,272, 105,283, 105,273, 105,274.

195 P.3d 377 (2008)

2008 OK 92

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF BABY G., Oklahoma County Public Defender, Appellant, v. Adoptive Parents and Birth Mother, Appellees. In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby B., Oklahoma County Public Defender, Appellant, v. Adoptive Parents and Birth Mother, Appellees. In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby L., Oklahoma County Public Defender, Appellant, v. Adoptive Parents and Birth Mother, Appellees. In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby S., Oklahoma County Public Defender, Appellant, v. Adoptive Parents and Birth Mother, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ravitz, Public Defender of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.

Christopher W. Venters, Assistant Public Defender of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.

Robert G. Boren, Oklahoma City, OK, for Adoptive Parents, Appellees.

James A. Ikard, Oklahoma City, OK, for Birth Mothers, Appellees.

REIF, J.

¶ 1 These companion appeals are considered together and consolidated for the sole purpose of promulgating one opinion to resolve the identical issue presented. The question is whether the Public Defender has standing to challenge the compensation awarded the adoptive parents' counsel. The Public Defender has contended that the compensation awards in question are erroneous, because they are based on "flat fee" attorney fee contracts and include non-legal...

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