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§10-6.5. Use of certain words in reference to children born out of wedlock prohibited. - A. On and after the date upon which this act...
§10-21.10. Child assessment in voluntary out-of-home placement. - A. Upon any voluntary out-of-home placement of a child by...
§10-22.1. Legislative findings and intent – Foster care by grandparents or other relative. - A. The Oklahoma Legislature recognizes that: 1. Children who have...
§10-22.2. Investing in Stronger Oklahoma Families Act – Purpose – Comprehensive strategic plan – Information database – Family resource assistance – Partnerships – Brochure. - A. This section shall be known and may be cited...
§10-24.1. Appointment of volunteer attorneys for indigent children not entitled to representation by Indigent Defense System. - Effective July 1, 1996, the duties and responsibilities for legal...
§10-40. Short title. - Sections 1 through 10 of this act shall be known...
§10-40.1. Purpose - Policy of state. - The purpose of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act is...
§10-40.2. Definitions. - For the purposes of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act:...
§10-40.3. Application of act - Exemptions - Determination of Indian status. - A. The Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, in accordance with...
§10-40.4. Indian child custody proceedings – Notice. - A. In all Indian child custody proceedings of the Oklahoma...
§10-40.5. Emergency removal of Indian child from parent or custodian - Order. - A. When a court order authorizes the emergency removal of...
§10-40.6. Placement preference. - The placement preferences specified in 25 U.S.C. Section 1915, shall...
§10-40.7. Agreements with Indian tribes - Care and custody of Indian children – Jurisdiction over child custody proceedings. - The Director of the Department of Human Services and the...
§10-40.8. Payment of foster care expenses under certain circumstances. - A. In the event the Department of Human Services has...
§10-40.9. Records. - The Department of Human Services shall establish a single location...
§10-80. Appeals. - Appeals may be taken in cases brought under the provisions...
§10-83. Liability of mother and father to support and educate child - Enforcement - Change of child's surname. - A. Both the mother of a child born out of...
§10-90.4. Children born out of wedlock - Change of name. - A. At any time after a determination of paternity, the...
§10-90.5. Paternity action or action for arrearage of child support - Visitation rights of noncustodial parent. - In all cases of paternity and for arrearage of child...
§10-91. Authority of district courts. - The district courts shall have authority to confer upon minors...
§10-92. Procedure to confer rights of majority - Petition - Jurisdiction and venue - Decree. - Any minor desiring to obtain the rights of majority for...
§10-93. Notice of hearing of petition to be given by certified mail and by publication in newspaper. - When the petition mentioned in 10 O.S. 1971, Section 92,...
§10-94. Costs. - The costs of the proceedings under this Article shall be...
§10-114.6. Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders through court supervised work projects. - Every children's court, city court, county court or other court...
§10-116. County probation officer - Counties having population of 190,000 or more and city of 100,000 or more. - In each county of this state having a population of...
§10-116a. Appointment - Qualifications - Political activities - Application of act - United States and agencies, powers respecting - Arrests - Information - Seal. - (a) A majority of the courts of record of such...
§10-116b. Duties of probation officer - Investigations. - It shall be the duty of the probation officer to...
§10-116c. Assistant probation officer - Salary. - In each county of this state wherein there is authorized...
§10-116d. Construction of act. - This act shall not be construed to repeal any existing...
§10-116e. Salary of probation officer. - In each county of this state having a population in...
§10-116f. Secretaries to probation officer - Duties - Salary. - The probation officer authorized under the provisions of 10 O.S.1951,...
§10-116g. Salaries in counties of over 200,000. - In counties having more than two hundred thousand (200,000) population...
§10-131. Powers of county commissioners - Commitment of children to other institutions, associations or corporations. - The county commissioners of any county of this state having...
§10-132. Tax levy. - For the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting or enlarging buildings,...
§10-133. Board of general supervision - Appointments - Salaries and removal of appointees. - The judge of the juvenile court, or children's court, or...
§10-134. Inmates - Eligibility - Appointment and attendance - Terms - Return to parents or guardians. - All boys or girls under the age of sixteen (16)...
§10-135. Reports of children not attending school - Notice to parents or guardians - Investigations and reports - Power of district court. - It is hereby declared to be the duty of the...
§10-136. Visits by parents, guardians and near relatives. - The parents, guardians, or near relatives of such children shall...
§10-137. Guardian refusing to maintain child or send him to school - Delivery of child to court - Charge for board and clothing. - The guardian of any child who has an income or...
§10-151. Control vested in local boards of education. - The control of the education of all children in the...
§10-152. Reports of number of children requiring school facilities. - The Manager, Superintendent, or party in control of any Orphanage,...
§10-153. Inclusion of cost of education in school districts' budgets. - The Board of Education of any school district wherein is...
§10-154. School superintendents' reports of children attending schools. - At the beginning of the last month of each yearly...
§10-170.2. Emergency treatment. - In case of an accident requiring emergency treatment, nothing in...
§10-175.1. Legislative intent and purpose. - It is the intent and purpose of Sections 175.3 through...
§10-175.3. Definitions. - (a) The term "Commission" when used in this Act shall...
§10-175.4. Commission as agent of the state. - The Commission is hereby designated as the agency of the...
§10-175.5. Rules and regulations. - (a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to formulate...
§10-175.7. Powers of Commission. - (a) The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to approve...
§10-175.8. Fund - State Treasurer. - (a) The State Treasurer shall receive all funds, and act...
§10-175.9. Homes - Right to enter. - No person shall by virtue of this Act have any...
§10-175.10. Applications for crippled children's services. - (a) Applications for crippled children's services on behalf of a...
§10-175.12. Oklahoma Children's Hospital. - A. The Oklahoma Children's Hospital including its clinics and laboratories...
§10-175.20. Day treatment programs - Definition - Required programs and policies. - A. As used in Sections 603.4 and 7102 of this...
§10-361. Santa Claus Commission - Creation - Membership - Christmas presents. - There is hereby created a commission to be known as...
§10-362. Meetings of Santa Clause Commission - Chairperson - Eligible recipients - Gifts and contributions. - The Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall...
§10-363. Claims - Approval and payment. - All claims for the purchase of gifts under the terms...
§10-401. Purpose and policy of law - Minimum standards. - A. Sections 401 through 418 of this title shall be...
§10-402. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act:...
§10-403. Exemptions from application of act. - A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing...
§10-404. Minimum requirements and desirable standards. - A. 1. The Department of Human Services, in consultation with...
§10-404.1. Child care facility permit or license - Criminal history records search - Foster parent eligibility. - A. On and after November 1, 2013: 1. Prior to...
§10-404.2. Demarion’s Law – Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§10-404.3. Demarion's Law - Mandatory liability insurance for facilities - A. A child care facility shall maintain general liability insurance...
§10-405. Necessity and issuance of license – Temporary authorization. - A. No child care facility may be operated or maintained...
§10-405.1. Comprehensive state plan for child care facilities – Federal requirements – Submission to Legislature. - A. The Department of Human Services shall collaborate with other...
§10-405.2. Online child care database. - A. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules to...
§10-405.3. Online Restricted Registry. - A. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules to...
§10-405.4. Education requirements for child care center director – Master teacher – Replacement – Floor space requirements. - A. Any person with a bachelor's degree or postgraduate degree...
§10-405.5. Continuation of license upon inheritance or purchase of a facility. - A. An individual who inherits or purchases a licensed child...
§10-406. Investigations - Notice of violation – Confidentiality – Anonymous complaint system. - A. 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this...
§10-406.1. Indian tribe-operated child care facility - Inspection agreement. - A. If an Indian tribe in this state that operates...
§10-407. Revocation of license or refusal to issue or renew - Emergency action - Citation. - A. The Department of Human Services may revoke or deny...
§10-408. Appeals. - A. Any licensee or applicant aggrieved by the decision of...
§10-409. Injunction. - Any person or child care facility may be enjoined from...
§10-410. Violations - Punishment. - Any person or agent, representative, or officer of any child...
§10-410.1. Quality of Care Development Fund. - There is established in the State Treasury a revolving fund...
§10-411. Certificate of immunization as condition for admission to day care facility - Waiver. - A. No person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity...
§10-412. Manner and frequency of immunizations - Enforcement of act. - A. The immunizations required by this act, and the manner...
§10-413. Exemptions. - Any minor child, through his or her parent or guardian,...
§10-414. Administration of immunizations - Persons eligible - Indigent persons. - The immunizations shall be administered by, or under the direction...
§10-415. Child with reportable contagious disease to be excluded from day care facility. - Any child afflicted with a reportable contagious disease shall be...
§10-418. Authority to obtain evidence - Administration of oaths. - When conducting investigations of complaints as provided in this article,...
§10-420. Child Care Center Bill of Rights. - The Child Care Center Bill of Rights includes if a...
§10-440. Office of Child Care - Establishment - Qualification for federal child care and development block grant funds - Duties. - There is hereby established within the Department of Human Services...
§10-441. Termination of act. - This act shall terminate upon removal of any federal funds...
§10-452. Transfer of property, contracts and funds. - (a) All personal properties, records, equipment, and supplies now owned...
§10-453. Definitions. - (a) The term "Commission" when used in this act shall...
§10-454. Powers and duties of Commission and Director. - (a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to formulate...
§10-455. Laws not inconsistent to remain in effect. - All laws now in effect contained in Title 10, Chapters...
§10-551. Authorization. - The technique of heterologous artificial insemination may be performed in...
§10-552. Status of child. - Any child or children born as the result thereof shall...
§10-553. Persons authorized - Consent. - No person shall perform the technique of heterologous artificial insemination...
§10-554. Legal status of child or children born as result of heterologous oocyte donation. - Any child or children born as a result of a...
§10-555. Rights, obligations and interest of oocyte donor respecting child and child respecting donor. - An oocyte donor shall have no right, obligation or interest...
§10-556. Human embryo transfer and donation – Consents – Legal rights, obligations or interests. - A. 1. No person shall perform the technique of human...
§10-557. Short title - Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act. - Sections 1 through 26 of this act shall be known...
§10-557.1. Policy. - It is the policy of the State of Oklahoma to...
§10-557.2. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act: 1. "Act"...
§10-557.3. Gestational agreement – Legal contract. - A. Any prospective gestational carrier who meets the requirements for...
§10-557.4. Gestational carrier - Qualifications. - A. In order to serve as a gestational carrier under...
§10-557.5. Necessary parties to agreement - Requirements. - A. The following persons, and only the following persons, are...
§10-557.6. Agreement requirements - Validation. - A. A gestational agreement must meet the following requirements in...
§10-557.7. Validated agreement required prior to transfer of gametes or embryos. - A. A gestational agreement must be validated as provided by...
§10-557.8. Limited enforceability of an unvalidated agreement. - A. A gestational agreement that is not validated as provided...
§10-557.9. Procedure to obtain court validation. - The following shall be the procedure to request that the...
§10-557.10. Required findings to validate an agreement – Court order of validation – Review - Deficiencies. - A. A court may validate a gestational agreement only as...
§10-557.11. Rights of child – Parent-child relationship. - A. Upon the validation by the court of a gestational...
§10-557.12. Notice of birth to be filed with court – Court order. - A. Upon the birth of a child to a gestational...
§10-557.13. Amendments to agreement must be validated. - A. If the parties to a validated gestational agreement desire...
§10-557.14. Termination of agreement. - A. In no event may a gestational agreement be terminated...
§10-557.15. Proceedings governed by Code of Civil Procedure - Confidentiality. - Unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, any...
§10-557.16. Venue and jurisdiction. - Venue and jurisdiction for all matters arising out of or...
§10-557.17. Compensation to gestational carrier. - A. A gestational carrier may receive reimbursement for expenses and...
§10-557.18. Donors may be parties to the agreement. - A. Any one or more donors that will be supplying...
§10-557.19. Gametes or embryos of the gestational carrier or gestational spouse. - No gamete or embryo to which the gestational carrier or...
§10-557.20. Parents to be listed on certificate of birth. - Upon the birth of a child contemplated by a validated...
§10-557.21. Death of intended parent prior to birth of child – Testamentary and inheritance rights. - A. In the event that an intended parent predeceases the...
§10-557.22. Marriage or divorce of a gestational carrier. - A. The marriage of a gestational carrier after she enters...
§10-557.23. Laboratory or clinical error. - A. If a gestational agreement has been validated and if,...
§10-557.24. Breach of agreement. - A. This section shall govern the breach of validated gestational...
§10-557.25. Application with other laws. - Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement...
§10-577. Enactment of compact - Text. - There is hereby created the Interstate Compact for the Placement...
§10-600. Definitions - As used in Sections 601.1 through 601.12 of this title:...
§10-601.1. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth - Creation - Membership. - A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Commission on Children...
§10-601.2. Chairman - Meetings - Travel expenses - Application of Administrative Procedures Act - Legal counsel. - A. The members of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and...
§10-601.3. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth - Duties. - The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is hereby authorized...
§10-601.4. Additional duties and responsibilities of Commission. - The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is further authorized...
§10-601.5. Director - Powers and duties. - A. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall appoint...
§10-601.6. Office of Juvenile System Oversight - Powers, duties and authority. - A. The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall have the...
§10-601.6a. Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children and Youth - Duties. - The Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children...
§10-601.6b. State Plan for Services to Children and Youth – Expenditure report – Topic-specific reports. - A. On or before July 1 of each year, the...
§10-601.6c. Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children and Youth – Report on child homelessness. - A. The Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to...
§10-601.9. Duties of the Office of Planning and Coordination - Evaluation and review of services to children and youth - Annual report - State Plan for Services to Children and Youth - Contents and publication - A. The Office of Planning and Coordination shall: 1. Make...
§10-601.10. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...
§10-601.11. Community partnership boards for services to children and youth - Membership - Election of coordinators and representatives. - A. There are hereby created community partnership boards for services...
§10-601.12. Community partnership plan for children and youth services. - A. Each community partnership board shall, with the assistance of...
§10-601.14. Children's Endowment Fund of Oklahoma. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...
§10-601.20. Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force. - A. There is hereby created the Children of Incarcerated Parents...
§10-601.30. Board of Child Abuse Examination - Membership - Officers - Meetings - Quorum. - A. For the purpose of establishing a statewide system to...
§10-601.31. Duties of Commission on Children and Youth - Duties of Board - Chief Child Abuse Examiner - Duties. - A. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall: 1....
§10-601.41. Short title. - Sections 2 through 7 of this act shall be known...
§10-601.42. Definitions. - As used in the Act for Coordination of Special Services...
§10-601.61. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§10-601.62. Legislative intent. - A. The Legislature recognizes that the economic cost of crime...
§10-601.63. Definitions. - For the purposes of the Community Youth Development Act: 1....
§10-601.64. Duties of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. - A. From funds appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose...
§10-601.65. Proposed submission procedures and criteria. - A. The Commission on Children and Youth shall establish the...
§10-601.66. Short title – Children with Disabilities Comprehensive Systems of Services Fund Act of 2013. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§10-601.67. Children with Disabilities Comprehensive Systems of Services Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...
§10-601.68. Not-for-profit foundation. - A. There is hereby authorized the establishment of a not-for-profit...
§10-601.69. Curriculum for abuse-prevention instructional programs. - The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall, in collaboration...
§10-601.80. Short title - Family Support Accountability Act - Definitions. - A. This act shall be known and may be cited...
§10-601.81. Home visiting programs – Requirements – Objectives – Annual report. - A. The departments that provide home-visiting services may adopt and...
§10-603.1. Short title - Purpose - Implementation. - A. This act shall be known and may be cited...
§10-603.4. Day treatment program standards. - A. In accordance with the standards recommended by the Committee...
§10-620.1. Purpose of act - Release and transfer of information. - A. The purpose of this act is to ensure efficient,...
§10-620.2. Appointment of task force - Membership - Duties. - A. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall appoint...
§10-620.3. Agencies to promulgate uniform rules and procedures. - A. Prior to April 1, 1991, the following agencies shall...
§10-620.4. Contents of rules and procedures. - A. The rules promulgated and the procedures and forms adopted...
§10-620.5. Transfer and release of confidential information - Adoption of procedures. - A. The local board of education of each school district...
§10-620.6. Guidelines and forms for inspection, release, disclosure, etc. of records. - A. The task force established pursuant to Section 620.2 of...
§10-640. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§10-640.1. Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board. - A. There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2024, in...
§10-640.2. Powers and responsibilities of Board. - A. The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board may: 1....
§10-640.3. School readiness foundation. - A. There is hereby authorized the establishment of a not-for-profit...
§10-700. Delegation of powers regarding child care and custody. - A. A parent or legal custodian of a child, by...
§10-701. Statutory form for power of attorney to delegate parental or legal custodian powers. - A. The following statutory form of power of attorney to...
§10-1116.2. Postadjudication review boards. - A. There is hereby established a postadjudication review board in...
§10-1116.3. Advisory status of review boards - Duties and responsibilities. - A. Postadjudication review boards shall function in an advisory capacity...
§10-1116.4. Disclosure of certain information prohibited - Exceptions. - No member of a postadjudication review board or staff member...
§10-1116.6. Postadjudication Review Advisory Board. - A. There is hereby created a State Postadjudication Review Advisory...
§10-1150. Short title. - Sections 1 through 6 of this act shall be known...
§10-1150.1. Definitions. - As used in the Child Death Review Board Act: 1....
§10-1150.2. Child Death Review Board - Creation - Powers and duties - Meetings and discussions - Annual report. - A. There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2023, in...
§10-1150.2a. Production of documents - Subpoena. - A. In any investigation relating to the functions of the...
§10-1150.3. Board - Membership - Officers - Meetings - Compensation - Administrative assistance and services. - A. The Child Death Review Board shall be composed of...
§10-1150.4. Chief Medical Examiner - Monthly death reports - Review of child death certificates - Requests for information. - A. Beginning November 1, 1991, the Director of the Bureau...
§10-1150.6. Child maltreatment medical review. - A. Beginning November 1, 2019, and subject to the availability...
§10-1406. Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, Hissom Memorial Center - Transfer to Public Welfare Commission - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. - A. The Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, located at...
§10-1408. Definitions. - A. "Individual with intellectual disability" as used in Sections 1406...
§10-1409. Transfer of powers and duties. - All powers and duties relating to the Northern Oklahoma Resource...
§10-1410. Personal properties - Contracts and leases - Unexpended funds. - (a) All personal properties, records, equipment, and supplies now owned...
§10-1411. Rules and regulations - Repair of buildings - Federal funds - Superintendents and other personnel - Expenditure of funds. - (a) The Director of Human Services is authorized and directed...
§10-1411.1. Developmental Disabilities Services Division - Periodic reports. - A. Beginning January 1, 1999, and on January 1 each...
§10-1411.2. Developmental Disabilities Services Division waiting list - Voucher waiver program. - Subject to the availability of funds, the Developmental Disabilities Services...
§10-1412. Advisory committee. - A. The Director of Human Services, who shall not be...
§10-1413. Transfer of pupils. - The Commission is authorized to transfer any pupil or pupils...
§10-1414. Admission of individuals with intellectual disability - Applications - Release. - A. 1. Individuals with intellectual disability who are legal residents...
§10-1414.1. Greer Center Facility - Admission guidelines and procedures. - A. In addition to the admissions requirements of Section 1414...
§10-1415. Placement in institution for individuals with intellectual disability not to abrogate parental rights - Guardians - Assessment of competency. - A. The voluntary placement of a child in an institution...
§10-1415.1. Clinical records - Ombudsman program - Periodic evaluation - Residential placement - Reports of psychotropic medications. - A. 1. All institutions named in Section 1406 of this...
§10-1416. Liability for care and treatment. - A resident at an institution named in Section 1406 of...
§10-1417. Clinics - Outpatient facilities - Day care centers. - (a) The Department of Human Services may establish and direct...
§10-1417.1. Medicaid payments for reserved beds in intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities - Amendment of Medicaid State Plan. - A. Payments under the Medicaid Program shall be made to...
§10-1418. Powers and duties of Commission for Rehabilitation Services – Local education agencies. - A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall have the supervision,...
§10-1419. Administration - Personnel - Retirement system. - A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall establish and maintain...
§10-1419a. Dismissal or nonrenewal of contract of career teacher or administrative personnel other than principal – Trial de novo. - A. A career teacher, as described in Section 1419 of...
§10-1420. Transfer of property, records, funds, etc. - All property, records, equipment, supplies, and funds, including trust funds...
§10-1421. Purchase of school busses. - Whenever the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission shall determine that a...
§10-1423. Program for care and treatment of children - Federal matching funds. - The Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission and the Department of Human...
§10-1424. Department as next friend of institutionalized persons - Procuring appoint of guardian. - The State Department of Public Welfare shall have the power...
§10-1425. Authorization to operate facilities. - (a) (1) The Department of Human Services and a county...
§10-1430.1. Short title. - Sections 1430.1 through 1430.41 of this title shall be known...
§10-1430.2. Definitions. - As used in the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental...
§10-1430.3. Department - Powers and duties. - The Department of Human Services shall have the power and...
§10-1430.4. Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Advisory Board. - A. There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1,...
§10-1430.6. Standing to bring action - Jurisdiction. - A. Enforcement of any action for an injunction or recovery...
§10-1430.7. Group home as nuisance - Actions - Request for investigation - Complaint. - A. The operation or maintenance of a group home in...
§10-1430.8. Liability for injury to resident - Actions - Remedies - Waivers - Jury trial - Retaliation - Privileges and immunities - Report of abuse, neglect or exploitation. - A. The provider is liable to a resident for any...
§10-1430.9. Penalties and liabilities for certain violations. - In addition to any other penalties and liabilities provided in...
§10-1430.10a. Revocation or denial of or refusal to renew license – Notice – Protest - Emergency. - A. The Department of Human Services may revoke, deny or...
§10-1430.11. Standards for group homes. - A. The Department of Human Services shall develop rules establishing...
§10-1430.12. Fire safety inspections - Reports. - The State Fire Marshal or a designee shall conduct fire...
§10-1430.13. Information subject to disclosure to public. - The following information is subject to disclosure to the public...
§10-1430.14. Provisions of license - Application - Statement of zoning compliance - Qualifications of applicant or licensee - Statement of ownership - Issuance and renewal of licenses. - A. A license shall expire twelve (12) months from the...
§10-1430.15. Nontransferability of license - Transfer of operation of group home. - A. A license to operate a group home subject to...
§10-1430.17. Conditional license. - A. The Department of Human Services may issue a conditional...
§10-1430.18. Documents to be made available to residents, employees and visitors. - Every provider and licensee shall make available to residents, employees...
§10-1430.19. Documents and records to be available for public inspection. - A group home subject to the provisions of the Group...
§10-1430.20. Statement of rights and responsibilities - Denial of appropriate care based on resident's source of payment - Staff training – Limitation of rights - Report of violations - Death of resident. - A. Rules promulgated by the Director of Human Services regarding...
§10-1430.22. Resident's contract. - A. A written contract shall be executed between a person,...
§10-1430.23. Protection of resident's funds. - To protect the funds of a resident of a facility...
§10-1430.24. Access to group homes. - A. Residents of group homes subject to the Group Homes...
§10-1430.25. Involuntary transfer or discharge of resident. - A group home subject to the provisions of the Group...
§10-1430.26. Provider prohibited from having insurable interest in life of resident or being beneficiary of life insurance policy - Appointment as guardian or conservator or holding power of attorney prohibited. - A. No provider or licensee, including a corporate officer, major...
§10-1430.27. Inspection, investigation, survey or evaluation of group home. - A. Every group home shall be inspected at least annually...
§10-1430.31. Prohibited acts. - A. No person shall willfully: 1. Fail to correct or...
§10-1430.32. Violations - Penalties. - A. Any person who has been determined by the Department...
§10-1430.33. Notice of voluntary closing - Alternative placement of residents. - Any provider or licensee operating under the Group Homes for...
§10-1430.34. Appointment of monitor or receiver. - A. The Department of Human Services may place an employee...
§10-1430.35. Emergencies - Investigations - Hearing. - A. Where a resident of a group home subject to...
§10-1430.36. Appointment of receiver. - A. The court may appoint any qualified person as a...
§10-1430.37. Expenses of receiver - Insufficient funds - Compensation of receiver. - A. If funds are insufficient to meet the expenses of...
§10-1430.38. Liability of receiver - Bond. - A. A receiver may be held liable in a personal...
§10-1430.39. Conditional license for provider in receivership. - Other provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental...
§10-1430.40. Termination of receivership. - A. The court may terminate a receivership: 1. If the...
§10-1430.41. Rights, obligations and liability during receivership. - Notwithstanding the general rules of receiverships and trustees, nothing in...
§10-1501. Various references deemed to be references to District Court or judge thereof. - Wherever reference is made to the county court, Children's Court...
§10-1505. Employment of persons to provide juvenile officer or assistant juvenile officer services in certain counties. - A. 1. As provided by this subsection, the presiding or...
§10-1505a. Assistant juvenile officer in certain counties. - In every county of the state having a population of...
§10-1628. Missing child 16 and under - Investigation of disappearance. - It is hereby made the duty of any sheriff, chief...
§10-1629. Short title. - Sections 1 through 5 of this act shall be known...
§10-1630. Definitions. - For purposes of the Oklahoma Minor Identification Act: 1. "Fingerprint"...
§10-1631. Fingerprinting minors and identification card. - A. Upon request of a parent, legal guardian or legal...
§10-1632. Intent of legislature. - It is the intent of the Legislature that the children...
§10-1633. School district fingerprinting programs. - A. Each board of education may develop a fingerprinting program...
§10-7007-1.7. Membership. - A. The Judicial Coordination Advisory Study Panel shall consist of...
§10-7007-1.8. Purposes - Report. - A. The purposes of the Judicial Coordination Advisory Study Panel...
§10-7007-1.9. Task Force on Reactive Attachment Disorder in Children – Membership - Duties. - A. There is hereby created to continue until December 31,...
§10-7501-1.1. Short title - Composition of Code. - A. Chapter 75 of this title shall be known and...
§10-7501-1.2. Purpose of Code. - A. The Legislature of this state believes that every child...
§10-7501-1.3. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Adoption Code: 1. “Abandonment” includes,...
§10-7502-1.1. Jurisdiction. - Jurisdiction over proceedings to terminate parental rights and proceedings for...
§10-7502-1.2. Venue. - Proceedings for adoption shall be brought in the district court...
§10-7502-1.3. Laws governing. - A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a proceeding...
§10-7502-1.4. Foreign adoptions. - A. The courts of this state shall recognize a decree,...
§10-7503-1.1. Eligibility to adopt. - The following persons are eligible to adopt a child: 1....
§10-7503-1.2. Written adoption full-disclosure statement - Signatures. - A. A written adoption full-disclosure statement shall be prepared by...
§10-7503-2.1. Who may consent. - A. A minor may be adopted when there has been...
§10-7503-2.2. When consent may be given. - A. The mother of a minor shall not execute a...
§10-7503-2.3. Permanent relinquishments. - A. A permanent relinquishment may be executed by a person...
§10-7503-2.4. Contents of consent to adoption. - A. A consent to an adoption of a minor shall...
§10-7503-2.5. Acknowledgment of consent to adoption or permanent relinquishment before judge - Affidavit of nondisclosure. - A. At the time that a written consent to adoption...
§10-7503-2.6. Extrajudicial consent. - A. 1. A putative father at least sixteen (16) years...
§10-7503-2.7. Setting aside permanent relinquishment or consent to adoption. - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this...
§10-7503-3.1. Notice of plan for adoption. - A. 1. Before or after the birth of a minor...
§10-7503-3.2. Notice of filing of paternity action by putative father. - A. 1. If a putative father files a paternity action...
§10-7503-4.1. Temporary orders of custody. - A. 1. If a mother of a minor born out...
§10-7504-1.1. Medical and social history report. - A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Adoption...
§10-7504-1.2. Disclosure. - A. Whenever the disclosure of medical and social history is...
§10-7505-1.1. Confidential character of hearings and records – Release - Exceptions - Misdemeanor. - A. Unless otherwise ordered by the district court exercising jurisdiction...
§10-7505-1.2. Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem. - A. 1. In a proceeding pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption...
§10-7505-1.3. Court clerk or deputy may affix signature of judge to order and notice of hearing. - Whenever the Oklahoma Adoption Code requires that an order setting...
§10-7505-1.4. Priority on docket - Proceedings to be expedited. - Any petitions filed with the court pursuant to the Oklahoma...
§10-7505-1.5. Visitation agreements between child, adoptive parents and birth relative. - A. If a child has resided with a birth relative...
§10-7505-2.1. Preadoption termination of parental rights. - A. 1. Prior to the filing of a petition for...
§10-7505-3.1. Contents. - A. A petition for adoption shall be verified by the...
§10-7505-3.2. Costs, funds or monies expended by adoptive family – Disclosure statement. - A. 1. An affidavit shall be attached to the petition...
§10-7505-3.3. Disclosure Statement of Adoption-related Costs and Expenditures. - A. The Disclosure Statement of Adoption-related Costs and Expenditures required...
§10-7505-4.1. Application - Notice - Hearing - Order - Appeal. - A. If a consent to adoption or permanent relinquishment for...
§10-7505-4.2. Exceptions to requirement of parental consent. - A. Consent to adoption is not required from a putative...
§10-7505-4.3. Inquiry to identify unknown or putative father. - A. If, at any time in a proceeding for adoption...
§10-7505-5.1. Favorable preplacement home study required - Waiver - Exception - Placement not approved in certain circumstances. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, only a...
§10-7505-5.2. Subsequent home study - Waiver. - A. If a preplacement home study is waived by the...
§10-7505-5.3. Contents of home study. - A. A home study satisfying Section 7505-5.1 or 7505-5.2 of...
§10-7505-5.4. Persons or agencies authorized to conduct home studies. - A. Home studies satisfying Sections 7505-5.1, 7505-5.2 and 7505-5.3 of...
§10-7505-6.1. Interlocutory decree. - Upon examination of the report required in Section 29 or...
§10-7505-6.2. Filings required prior to final hearing. - A. Before the final hearing on the petition for adoption,...
§10-7505-6.3. Application for final decree - Waiver of interlocutory decree and waiting period - Notice of hearing - Appearance - Entry of final decree. - A. After six (6) months from the date of the...
§10-7505-6.4. Denial of petition for adoption. - A. If the court denies a petition for adoption or...
§10-7505-6.5. Effect of final decree - Grandparental rights. - A. After the final decree of adoption is entered, the...
§10-7505-6.6. Certificate of adoption - Supplementary birth certificate - Sealed records - Disclosure of original records. - A. 1. For each adoption or annulment of adoption, the...
§10-7505-7.1. Appeals. - A. An appeal may be taken from any final order,...
§10-7505-7.2. Limitations on challenge to adoption or termination of parental rights - Effect of appeal - Best interests of child. - A. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 3 of subsection...
§10-7505-8.1. Adoption dissolution statistics to be published. - A. Whenever the Department of Human Services publishes statistics on...
§10-7506-1.1. Paternity registry. - A. The Department of Human Services shall establish a centralized...
§10-7506-1.2. Revocation of notice of intent to claim paternity - Removal of registrant's name from registry. - A. A putative father may revoke a notice of intent...
§10-7507-1.1. Adult adoptions. - An adult person may be adopted by any other adult...
§10-7508-1.1. Records retention. - A. All records of any adoption finalized in this state...
§10-7508-1.2. Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry. - A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and administer,...
§10-7508-1.3. Confidential intermediary search program. - A. The Department of Human Services shall establish a search...
§10-7509-1.1. Conditions for discharges of infants from medical facilities. - A. It is the public policy of the State of...
§10-7509-1.2. Confidential index of birth and adoptive names. - In order to facilitate the updating of medical and social...
§10-7509-1.3. Invalidation or revocation of final decree of adoption. - If a person, attorney or licensed child-placing agency is investigated...
§10-7510-1.1. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§10-7510-1.2. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Adoption Assistance Act: 1. “Child”...
§10-7510-1.3. Program of assistance for children not eligible for federally funded adoption assistance benefits. - A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and administer...
§10-7510-1.4. Eligibility for adoption assistance - Factors for determination. - A child may be determined by the Department of Human...
§10-7510-1.5. Written agreement - Commencement of assistance - Amount - Preexisting condition - Periodic certification - Termination or modification - Continued eligibility regardless of residence. - A. 1. When a parent or parents are found and...
§10-7510-1.6. Denial of assistance - Hearing. - An adoptive parent or parents whose application for adoption assistance...
§10-7510-2.1. Department of Human Services to contract or join with adoption exchange - Information to be provided - Definitions. - A. The Department of Human Services, as funds become available...
§10-7510-2.2. Photograph and description of child to be provided to exchange. - Pursuant to the provisions of Section 60.31 of this title,...
§10-7510-2.3. Exemptions. - The following persons are exempt from the provisions of Sections...
§10-7510-2.4. Change in status of child listed by exchange. - Any change in the status of a child listed by...
§10-7510-2.5. Withdrawal of child from register. - A child registered with the Oklahoma Children's Adoption Resource Exchange...
§10-7510-3.1. Short title. - This part may be known and may be cited as...
§10-7510-3.2. Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. - This Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, hereinafter called "the...
§10-7510-3.3. Administration of compact - Rules and regulations. - The Department of Human Services shall be the administrator of...
§10-7603. Renumbered as § 2203 of Title 27A by Laws 2006, c. 226, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006. - §10-7306-2.5. Renumbered as § 2-5-205 of Title 10A by Laws...
§10-7700-101. Short title. - Sections 2 through 58 of this act shall be known...
§10-7700-102. Definitions. - For purposes of the Uniform Parentage Act: 1. "Acknowledged father"...
§10-7700-103. Scope of act – Choice of law – Jurisdiction of district and administrative courts. - A. The Uniform Parentage Act applies to determination of parentage...
§10-7700-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship. - A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and...
§10-7700-202. Equal rights of marital and nonmarital children. - A child born to parents who are not married to...
§10-7700-203. Application of established parent-child relationship. - Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under...
§10-7700-204. Presumption of paternity. - A. A man is presumed to be the father of...
§10-7700-301. Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity. - The mother of a child and a man claiming to...
§10-7700-302. Requirements of acknowledgment – Void and voidable acknowledgment. - A. An acknowledgment of paternity shall: 1. Be in a...
§10-7700-303. Denial of paternity - Validity. - A presumed father may sign a denial of his paternity....
§10-7700-304. Execution of acknowledgment and denial – Effective date – Execution by minors. - A. An acknowledgment of paternity and a denial of paternity...
§10-7700-305. Effect of acknowledgment or denial. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 15 and 16...
§10-7700-306. No filing fee. - The State Department of Health, Division of Vital Records shall...
§10-7700-307. Rescission of acknowledgment or denial. - A. A signatory may sign a rescission of acknowledgment of...
§10-7700-308. Proceeding to challenge acknowledgment – Commencement – Burden of proof. - A. After the period for rescission under Section 7700-307 of...
§10-7700-309. Proceeding to challenge acknowledgment or denial – Procedure. - A. Every signatory to an acknowledgment of paternity and any...
§10-7700-310. Ratification of unchallenged acknowledgment prohibited. - A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative...
§10-7700-311. Full faith and credit. - A court of this state shall give full faith and...
§10-7700-312. Forms for acknowledgment and denial of paternity – Rescission form – Effect of modification of forms. - A. The Department of Human Services shall prescribe forms for...
§10-7700-313. Release of copies of acknowledgment or denial of paternity. - The State Department of Health, Division of Vital Records shall...
§10-7700-314. Rules. - The Department of Human Services shall promulgate and adopt rules...
§10-7700-501. Scope of article. - This article governs genetic testing of an individual to determine...
§10-7700-502. Order for genetic testing – Order for in utero testing not allowed. - A. In a civil action in which paternity is a...
§10-7700-503. Requirements of testing – Objection to calculation - Retesting. - A. Genetic testing shall be of a type reasonably relied...
§10-7700-504. Report of testing – Chain of custody. - A. A report of genetic testing shall be in a...
§10-7700-505. Identification of father - Rebuttal. - A. Under the Uniform Parentage Act, a man is rebuttably...
§10-7700-506. Payment of costs of testing. - A. Subject to assessment of costs under Article 6 of...
§10-7700-507. Advance payment for additional testing. - If the previous genetic testing identified a man as the...
§10-7700-508. Specimen from potential father unavailable – Additional sources of specimens for testing. - A. Subject to subsection B of this section, if a...
§10-7700-509. Testing of deceased individual. - For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing...
§10-7700-510. Testing of identical brother – Use of nongenetic evidence. - A. The court may order genetic testing of a brother...
§10-7700-511. Release of genetic test report. - Release of the report of genetic testing for parentage is...
§10-7700-601. Proceeding authorized. - A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage...
§10-7700-602. Standing to maintain proceeding. - Subject to Article 3 of the Uniform Parentage Act and...
§10-7700-603. Parties to proceeding. - The following individuals may be joined as parties in a...
§10-7700-604. Personal jurisdiction. - A. An individual may not be adjudicated to be a...
§10-7700-605. Venue. - Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the...
§10-7700-606. No limitation for parentage proceeding with no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father. - A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having...
§10-7700-607. Two-year limitation in proceedings with presumed father - Exception. - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this...
§10-7700-608. Motion for genetic testing. - A. In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a...
§10-7700-609. Limitation in proceeding with acknowledged or adjudicated father. - A. If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory...
§10-7700-610. Joinder of proceedings. - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this...
§10-7700-611. Proceeding before birth of child. - A proceeding to determine parentage may be commenced before the...
§10-7700-612. Child as party to proceeding – Guardian ad litem. - A. A minor child is a permissible party, but is...
§10-7700-621. Admissibility of genetic-testing results - Testimony of experts - Medical bills. - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection C of this...
§10-7700-622. Enforcement of order for genetic testing - Default. - A. An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt....
§10-7700-623. Admission of paternity. - A. A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may...
§10-7700-624. Temporary order for support. - A. In a proceeding under this Article, the court shall...
§10-7700-631. Rules for adjudication of paternity. - The court shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the...
§10-7700-632. Jury prohibited. - The court, without a jury, shall adjudicate paternity of a...
§10-7700-633. Closure of proceeding – Inspection of records. - A. On request of a party and for good cause...
§10-7700-634. Order on default. - The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of...
§10-7700-635. Dismissal for want of prosecution. - The court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding commenced...
§10-7700-636. Order adjudicating parentage – Assessment of fees and costs – Change of child’s surname. - A. The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a...
§10-7700-637. Binding effect of determination of parentage. - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this...
§10-7700-901. Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be...
§10-7700-902. Governance of act. - A proceeding to adjudicate parentage or an acknowledgment of paternity...
§10-7800. Custody of a child born out of wedlock. - Except as otherwise provided by law, the mother of a...