The case does not discuss termination of parental rights, nor does it construe the statute at issue in this case. DHS also cites Bingham v. Bingham, 1981 OK CIV APP 26, 629 P.2d 1297, to support its position that a parent cannot by his own unilateral conduct, terminate a child's right to parental support. The divorce decree in that case approved a provision that excused an adoptive father from payment of child support and additionally provided that he was without visitation rights.
Parkey v. Parkey, 371 P.2d 711, 714 (Okla. 1962); Donahoe v. Alcorn, 188 Okla. 305, 108 P.2d 786, 789 (1940); Bynum v. Bynum, 184 Okla. 36, 84 P.2d 424, 427 (1938); Ahrens v. Ahrens, 67 Okla. 147, 169 P. 486-87 (1917); Bingham v. Bingham, 629 P.2d 1297, 1299 (Okla. 1981); Raczynski v. Raczynski, 558 P.2d 425, 429 (Okla. Ct. App. 1976).
In the limited circumstances of this case, we hold that where no support for minor children is provided in the divorce decree, the non-custodial parent nevertheless has a continuing obligation to support his minor children and no change of circumstance need be shown to invoke Father's support obligation. See also, e.g., Bingham v. Bingham, 1981 OK CIV APP 26, 629 P.2d 1297. To hold otherwise would be to allow parents a means by which to circumvent their obligation to support their children.