IN RE ADOPTION OF BABY BOY L

No. 110,775. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

306 P.3d 580 (2013)

2013 OK CIV APP 63

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF BABY BOY L, a minor child: Chris Yancey, Appellant, v. Timothy and Tammy Thomas, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Certiorari Denied June 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Colclazier , Seminole, Oklahoma, Barbara Anne Smith , Norman, Oklahoma, for Appellant.

Noel K. Tucker , Phillip J. Tucker , Amber M. Godfrey , Edmond, Oklahoma, for Appellees.


LARRY JOPLIN, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant, Chris Yancey, natural father of Baby Boy L., seeks review of the trial court's order denying his request for attorney fees and costs. Yancey asserts in this appeal that he is entitled to representation and that the adoptive parents should pay for that representation, due to his status as both a prevailing party and an indigent natural father who sought to maintain a bond with his biological child.

¶ 2 Baby...

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