Supreme Court of Oklahoma
In Re: N.a.; State of Oklahoma v. Maldonado
April 8, 2025567 P.3d 374
Summary
The Oklahoma Supreme Court held that the district court possessed proper subject‑matter and home‑state jurisdiction over the juvenile deprived proceeding under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, determined the appeal was not moot, and affirmed the trial court’s adjudication of the children as deprived. The Court clarified that the UCCJEA does not create subject‑matter jurisdiction but merely directs which state may exercise its existing jurisdiction, and it found the trial court’s factual findings were not clearly erroneous.