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IN RE ADOPTION OF M.E.

No. 110,392. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

296 P.3d 1267 (2013)

2013 OK CIV APP 18

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF M.E., a minor child, Jonathan and Jaime Swim, Appellants, v. State of Oklahoma, Appellee.

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

January 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lana Cohlmia , Lana Cohlmia, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellants.

Charles L. Waters , General Counsel, John K.F. Langford , Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellee.

Tsinea Bruno-Thompson , Tanner Jones , Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Minor Child.

JOHN F. FISCHER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioners/Appellants Jonathan Swim and Jaime Swim appeal the decision of the district court dismissing their Petition to adopt M.E., their former foster child, based upon a lack of eligibility to adopt. Because this Court finds the district court erred in its interpretation of 10 O.S.2001 § 7505-3.1(A)(9), we reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 M.E. was born in December 2006. In September 2007...

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