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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF L.B.L.

No. 199,316 Case No. 119316.

529 P.3d 175 (2023)

2023 OK 48

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF: L.B.L., a Minor Child Sara Pollard, Respondent/Appellant, v. Grant Lloyd and Kalan Lloyd, Petitioners/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected: May 3, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Egan , Aaron D. Bundy , Law Office of Aaron D. Bundy, PLC., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Respondent/Appellant.

Brad K. Cunningham , Conner & Winters, LLP, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Natalie S. Sears , Hall Estill Hardwick , Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Jacob W. Aycock , Robinett, Swartz & Aycock, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Petitioners/Appellees.

Denise Deason-Toyne , Tahlequah, Oklahoma, For Minor Child.

¶1 This case of adoption without parental consent illustrates the tension between two competing principles: parental rights and the care necessary to provide due process before terminating those rights without consent versus the "best interests of the child" standard emphasized in the Adoption Code. Ideally, the child's best interests...

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