IN RE ADOPTION OF K.L.C.

No. 114,212. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

371 P.3d 1163 (2016)

2016 OK CIV APP 26

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF K.L.C., a Minor Child. Timothy James Metrovich, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Vincent Lee Coughran, Respondent/Appellee.

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

March 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Welsh , Jim C. McGough , Welsh & McGough, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Brian Melton , The Law Offices of John M. Dunn, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Respondent/Appellee.

Angela N. Monroe , Office of the Public Defender, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the Minor Child.


¶ 1 Petitioner/Appellant Timothy James Metrovich (Stepfather) appeals from an order denying his petition to adopt minor child K.L.C. without the consent of K.L.C.'s natural father, Respondent/Appellee Vincent Lee Coughran (Father). We find Stepfather failed to present clear and convincing evidence

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