State ex rel. Dept. of Human Services v. Hovis

State ex rel. Dept. of Human Services v. Hovis
1994 OK 2
867 P.2d 1260
65 OBJ 234
Case Number: 82535
Decided: 01/11/1994
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

STATE OF OKLAHOMA EX REL. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, PETITIONER,
v.
THE HONORABLE RICHARD HOVIS, ASSOCIATE DISTRICT JUDGE, KIOWA COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AND THE HONORABLE RICHARD R. CLARKE, SPECIAL DISTRICT JUDGE, TULSA COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, RESPONDENT.

ORDER

¶1 Original jurisdiction is assumed and the following order is issued: In cases where a transfer is properly made according to the provisions of 43A Supp. 1992 § 5-504 (A) from a district court with jurisdiction over the child, the transferee court must accept the transferred cause, assume jurisdiction and perform all duties required under the act, 43A O.S.Supp. 1992 §§ 5-501 et seq.

/s/ Robert E. Lavender

¶2 LAVENDER, V.C.J., and HARGRAVE, ALMA WILSON, KAUGER, SUMMERS, WATT, JJ., concur.

¶3 OPALA, J., concurs in part, dissents in part.

¶4 HODGES, C.J., and SIMMS, J., dissent.