Opinion

Matter of Rich

  • 604 P.2d 1248
  • 1979 OK 173
  • 1979 Okla. LEXIS 329
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
Dec 18, 1979
Status
Published
Author
Barnes
On the bench
Ala, Lavender, Irwin, Williams, Hodges, Hargrave, Simms, Doolin
Cited by
51 cases

deciding that parent was not deprived of due process where he was appointed counsel and where his opportunity to participate in proceedings via deposition was not impaired

How later courts described this case

  • deciding that parent was not deprived of due process where he was appointed counsel and where his opportunity to participate in proceedings via deposition was not impaired
  • noting reviewing court is confined to the record and cannot accept an argument for which there is no foundation in the appellate record
  • “Courtroom confrontation with one’s civil adversary is not required either by due process or other constitutional strictures.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

*1254 BARNES, J.,

concurring in part, dissenting in part.

SIMMS and DOOLIN, JJ., dissent.

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