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§10-7505-7.1.


§10-7505-7.1.
   
   A. An appeal may be taken from any final order, judgment, decree, or
   any order determining a minor eligible for adoption without
   terminating parental rights rendered pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption
   Code to the Supreme Court by any person aggrieved thereby, in the
   manner provided for appeals from the court as provided in this
   section.
   
   B. In an appeal concerning the adoption of a minor or the termination
   of parental rights for adoption purposes, or any order determining a
   minor eligible for adoption without terminating parental rights, the
   appellant's designation of record shall be filed in the trial court
   within ten (10) days after the date of the judgment or order.
   Appellee's counter designation of record shall be filed in the trial
   court ten (10) days after appellant's designation of record is filed
   in the trial court.
   
   C. All appeals of cases concerning the adoption of a minor or the
   termination of parental rights for adoption purposes, or an order
   determining that a minor is eligible for adoption which does not
   terminate parental rights, shall be initiated by filing a petition in
   error in the Supreme Court within thirty (30) days of the filing of
   the order, judgment, or decree appealed from. The record on appeal
   shall be completed within thirty (30) days from the filing of the
   petition in error. Any response to the petition in error shall be
   filed within twenty (20) days from the filing of the petition in
   error.
   
   D. The briefing schedule is established as follows:
   
   1. Appellant's brief in chief shall be filed twenty (20) days after
   the trial court clerk notifies all parties that the record is complete
   and such notice has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the
   Supreme Court;
   
   2. Appellee's answer brief shall be filed fifteen (15) days after the
   appellant's brief in chief is filed; and
   
   3. Appellant's reply brief may be filed within ten (10) days after the
   appellee's answer brief is filed.
   
   E. Any appeal when docketed should have priority over all cases
   pending on said docket. Adjudication of appeals and any other
   proceedings concerning the adoption of the minor described in this
   section shall be expedited by the Supreme Court.
   
   F. The pendency of an appeal shall not suspend the order of the
   district court regarding a minor, nor shall it remove the minor from
   the custody of that court or of the person, institution, or agency to
   whose care such minor has been committed, unless the Supreme Court
   shall so order.
   

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