Williams v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services

2016 OK 39, 369 P.3d 1078
CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma
DecidedApril 4, 2016
DocketNo. 112660
StatusPublished

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Williams v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services, 2016 OK 39, 369 P.3d 1078 (Okla. 2016).

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ORDER OF SUMMARY DISPOSITION

{1 Rule 1.201 of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules provides that "[in any case in which it appears that a prior controlling appellate decision is dispositive of the appeal, the court may summarily affirm or reverse, citing in its order of summary disposition this rule and the controlling decision." Okla. S.Ct. Rule 1.201.

T2 After reviewing the record in 'this case, THE COURT FINDS that our decision in In the Matter of T.T.S., 2015 OK 36, - P.3d - involves the same primary legal question as the above-styled appeal; and therefore, our holding in In the Matter of T.T.S. warrants reversal of the- underlymg trial court judgment.1

13 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the decision of the Court of Civil Appeals, entered on May 15, 2015, is vacated; and the trial court's Order Sustaining State's Motion to Terminate Parental Rights Upon a Jury Verdict, filed February 20, 2014, is reversed,; and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this order.

DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 4TH day of APRIL, 2016.

[1079]*1079T4 REIF, C.J., COMBS, V.C.J., WATT, EDMONDSON, COLBERT GURICH JJ., concur. 5 KAUGER, WINCHESTER TAYLOR JJ., dissent.

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