MATTER OF ADOPTION OF A.M.H.

Case No. 119,814 THIS OPINION HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, Division No. 2.

525 P.3d 444 (2022)

2023 OK CIV APP 4

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF A.M.H., a Minor Child, Austin Heller, Appellant, v. Susanna Marie Ballinger and David Adam Ballinger, Appellees.

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

Mandate Issued: February 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Smith , Glenn K. Brown , Sara D. Willey , Tommy J. Pfeil , BALL MORSE LOWE , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellant.

Richard E. Smalley, IV , Tristan L. Davis , REDHAWK LAW, Norman, Oklahoma, for Appellees.

Hallie E. Bovos , Assistant Public Defender, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the Minor Child.


¶1 Austin Richard Heller (Father) appeals a trial court order finding that his minor child AMH is eligible for adoption without his consent. Because Petitioners' evidence to support their petition that Father failed to maintain a substantial and positive relationship with the child was not clear...

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