Oni v. Oni’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “After meeting in 2009, Dr. Oni and Ms. Oni 1 began a [romantic] relationship. They discussed the possibility that Dr. Oni would adopt the twins, who were not his biological children. In April 2010, Ms. Oni and her then three-year-old twins moved into Dr. Oni's home. One month prior to that, in March 2010, Ms. Oni and the twins' natural father had surrendered their parental rights to facilitate the twins' placement for adoption. Notably, the surrender documents executed by Ms. Oni stated, inter alia, that she agreed that Dr. Oni "may initiate legal proceedings for the legal adoption of the children without further notice to me. I do, furthermore, expressly waive any other notice or service in any of the legal proceedings for the adoption of the children." A final decree of adoption was granted to Dr. Oni on August 24, 2010.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oni v. Oni.

2. “Where the trial court, after hearing a motion to set aside a prior order in a pending case vacates the judgment complained of, and on appeal the trial court's decision is reversed ..., judgment of the appellate court is final. Upon the remittitur from the appellate court being filed in the trial court, the issue is res judicata, and the lower court has no authority to allow the movant to amend his motion. Nor can it hear further evidence or consider any other matter that would otherwise affect the finality of the judgment of this court. The only action which that court had authority or power to take was to make the judgment of [the appellate] court the judgment of the trial court and to enter an order overruling the motion to vacate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oni v. Oni.

3. “case to the trial court for proceedings not inconsistent with [that] decision, necessarily leaving to the trial court's determination whether there [were] appropriate proceedings available to facilitate a transition of the children from Ms. Oni's care to Dr. Oni's care.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oni v. Oni.