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10 OK Stat § 10-24.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 representation to indigent children who are subject to any proceeding or appeal provided for in the Oklahoma Children's Code, mental health proceeding and appeal, guardianship proceeding and appeal, private termination of parental rights proceeding and appeal, family law proceeding and appeal addressing custody or visitation and appeal, civil case in which the child is a defendant, criminal proceeding for a crime in which the child was a victim, and in-need-of-supervision proceeding shall no longer be provided by the Indigent Defense System, but shall be provided by volunteer attorneys appointed by the court pursuant to subsection K of Section 1355.8 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 301, § 2, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 233, § 6, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
10 OK Stat § 10-40 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40. Short title.

|Sections 1 through 10 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act". |Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 1, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.1. Purpose - Policy of state.

|The purpose of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act is the clarification of state policies and procedures regarding the implementation by the State of Oklahoma of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, P.L. 95-608. It shall be the policy of the state to recognize that Indian tribes and nations have a valid governmental interest in Indian children regardless of whether or not said children are in the physical or legal custody of an Indian parent or Indian custodian at the time state proceedings are initiated. It shall be the policy of the state to cooperate fully with Indian tribes in Oklahoma in order to ensure that the intent and provisions of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act are enforced. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 2, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 30, § 1, eff. Sept 1, 1994.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.2. Definitions.

|For the purposes of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act: |1. "Indian" means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe;2. "Indian child" means any unmarried or unemancipated person who is under the age of eighteen (18) and is either:a.a member of an Indian tribe, orb.is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and is the biological child of a member of an Indian tribe;3. "Indian custodian" means any Indian person who has legal custody of an Indian child under tribal law or custom or under state law or to whom temporary physical care, custody and control has been transferred by the parent of such child; and4. "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior because of their status as Indians.Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 3, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.3. Application of act - Exemptions - Determination of Indian status.

|A. The Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, in accordance with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, applies to all child custody proceedings involving any Indian child except the following: |1. A child custody proceeding arising from a divorce proceeding; or2. A child custody proceeding arising from an adjudication of delinquency, unless there has been a request for termination of parental rights.B. Except as provided for in subsection A of this section, the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act applies to all state voluntary and involuntary child custody court proceedings involving Indian children, regardless of whether or not the children involved are in the physical or legal custody of an Indian parent or Indian custodian at the time state proceedings are initiated.C. The court shall seek a determination of the Indian status of the child in accordance with the preceding standard in the following circumstances:1. The court has been informed by an interested party, an officer of the court, a tribe, an Indian organization or a public or private agency that the child is Indian; or2. The child who is the subject of the proceeding gives the court reason to believe he is an Indian child; or3. The court has reason to believe the residence or domicile of the child is a predominantly Indian community.D. The court shall seek verification of the Indian status of the child from the Indian tribe or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A determination of membership by an Indian tribe shall be conclusive. A determination of membership by the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be conclusive in the absence of a contrary determination by the Indian tribe.E. The determination of the Indian status of a child shall be made as soon as practicable in order to ensure compliance with the notice requirements of Section 40.4 of this title.Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 4, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 30, § 2, eff. Sept 1, 1994.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.4. Indian child custody proceedings – Notice.

|A. In all Indian child custody proceedings of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, including voluntary court proceedings and review hearings, the court shall ensure that the district attorney or other person initiating the proceeding shall send notice to the parents or to the Indian custodians, if any, and to the tribe that is or may be the tribe of the Indian child, and to the appropriate Bureau of Indian Affairs area office, by certified mail return receipt requested, except as provided by subsection B of this section. The notice shall be written in clear and understandable language and include the following information: |1. The name and tribal affiliation of the Indian child;2. A copy of the petition by which the proceeding was initiated;3. A statement of the rights of the biological parents or Indian custodians, and the Indian tribe:a.to intervene in the proceeding,b.to petition the court to transfer the proceeding to the tribal court of the Indian child, andc.to request an additional twenty (20) days from receipt of notice to prepare for the proceeding; further extensions of time may be granted with court approval;4. A statement of the potential legal consequences of an adjudication on the future custodial rights of the parents or Indian custodians;5. A statement that if the parents or Indian custodians are unable to afford counsel, counsel will be appointed to represent them; and6. A statement that tribal officials should keep confidential the information contained in the notice.B. Notice of review hearings shall be sent, via regular first-class mail, to the tribe of the Indian child unless the tribe is present at the time the review hearing is set and consents to the date of the review. A tribe's right to notice under this section is not dependent on intervention into the case. The notice shall be evidenced by filing a certificate of mailing prior to the review hearing.Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 5, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 30, § 3, eff. Sept 1, 1994; Laws 2006, c. 136, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2017, c. 81, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.5. Emergency removal of Indian child from parent or custodian - Order.

|A. When a court order authorizes the emergency removal of an Indian child from the parent or Indian custodian of such child in accordance with 25 U.S.C. Section 1922, the order shall be accompanied by an affidavit containing the following information: |1. The names, tribal affiliations, and addresses of the Indian child, the parents of the Indian child and Indian custodians, if any;2. A specific and detailed account of the circumstances that lead the agency responsible for the removal of the child to take that action; and3. A statement of the specific actions that have been taken to assist the parents or Indian custodians so that the child may safely be returned to their custody.B. No pre-adjudicatory custody order shall remain in force or in effect for more than thirty (30) days without a determination by the court, supported by clear and convincing evidence and the testimony of at least one qualified expert witness, that custody of the child by the parent or Indian custodian is likely to result in serious emotional or physical damage to the child. However, the court may, for good and sufficient cause shown, extend the effective period of such order for an additional period of sixty (60) days.Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 6, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.6. Placement preference.

|The placement preferences specified in 25 U.S.C. Section 1915, shall apply to all preadjudicatory placements, as well as preadoptive, adoptive and foster care placements. In all placements of an Indian child by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS), or by any person or other placement agency, DHS, the person or placement agency shall utilize to the maximum extent possible the services of the Indian tribe of the child in securing placement consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act. This requirement shall include cases where a consenting parent evidences a desire for anonymity in the consent document executed pursuant to Section 60.5 of this title. If a request for anonymity is included in a parental consent document, the court shall give weight to such desire in applying the preferences only after notice is given to the child's tribe and the tribe is afforded twenty (20) days to intervene and request a hearing on available tribal placement resources which may protect parental confidentiality, provided that notice of such hearing shall be given to the consenting parent. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 7, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 30, § 4, eff. Sept 1, 1994.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs are authorized to enter into agreements on behalf of the state with Indian tribes in Oklahoma regarding care and custody of Indian children and jurisdiction over child custody proceedings including agreements which provide for orderly transfer of jurisdiction on a case by case basis and agreements which provide for concurrent jurisdiction between the state and the Indian tribe, as authorized by the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. Section 1919. The State of Oklahoma hereby ratifies all agreements in conformity with the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act executed prior to the enactment of this act, and any such agreement shall be enforceable in any case filed or pending at the time that an agreement vesting concurrent jurisdiction is entered into between the state and an Indian tribe. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 8, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 293, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2021, c. 186, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2021.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.8. Payment of foster care expenses under certain circumstances.

|A. In the event the Department of Human Services has legal custody of an Indian child, and that child is placed with a tribally licensed or approved foster home, the state shall pay the costs of foster care in the same manner and to the same extent the state pays the costs of foster care to state-licensed or state-approved foster homes, provided that the tribe shall have entered into an agreement with the state pursuant to Section 8 herein, which shall require tribal cooperation with state plans required by federal funding laws. |B. The state shall pay the costs of foster care of a child placed with a tribally licensed or approved foster home where the placement is made by a tribe having jurisdiction of the proceeding, provided that the tribe shall have entered into an agreement with the state pursuant to Section 8 herein, which shall require tribal cooperation with state plans required by federal funding laws.Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 9, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982.
10 OK Stat § 10-40.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-40.9. Records.

|The Department of Human Services shall establish a single location where all records of every involuntary foster care, pre-adoptive placement and adoptive placement by the courts of any Indian child in the custody of the Department of Human Services or under Department of Human Services supervision will be available within seven (7) days of a request by the tribe of the Indian child or by the Secretary of Interior. The records shall include, but not be limited to, all reports of the state caseworker, including a summary of the efforts to rehabilitate the parents of the Indian child, a list of the names and addresses of families and tribally approved homes contacted regarding placement, and a statement of reason for the final placement decision. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 107, § 10, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982.
10 OK Stat § 10-80 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-80. Appeals.

|Appeals may be taken in cases brought under the provisions of this Article, in the same manner and with like effect as in other actions in the district court. |R.L.1910, § 4410.
10 OK Stat § 10-90.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-90.4. Children born out of wedlock - Change of name.

|A. At any time after a determination of paternity, the mother, father, custodian or guardian of the child may file a motion requesting the court to order that the surname of the child be changed to the surname of its father. The court shall thereafter set a hearing on said motion. Notice of the filing of the motion and the date of the hearing shall be served by process on all parties. |B. If, after said hearing, the judge finds that it is in the best interest of the child to bear the paternal surname, the court shall enter an order to that effect which shall include findings of fact as to each issue raised by the parties.C. The practice, pleading, and proceedings as set forth in this section shall conform to the applicable rules prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure.Added by Laws 1986, c. 82, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1986.
10 OK Stat § 10-90.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 support, the district court shall make inquiry to determine if the noncustodial parent has been denied reasonable visitation. If reasonable visitation has been denied by the custodial parent to the noncustodial parent, the district court shall include visitation provisions in the support order. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 309, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 71, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 1991; Laws 1998, c. 323, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.
10 OK Stat § 10-91 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-91. Authority of district courts.

|The district courts shall have authority to confer upon minors the rights of majority concerning contracts, and to authorize and empower any person, under the age of eighteen (18) years, to transact business in general, or any business specified, with the same effect as if such act or thing were done by a person above that age; and every act done by a person so authorized shall have the same force and effect in law as if done by persons at the age of majority. |R.L.1910, § 4427; Laws 1973, c. 59, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1973.
10 OK Stat § 10-92 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-92. Procedure to confer rights of majority - Petition - Jurisdiction and venue - Decree.

|Any minor desiring to obtain the rights of majority for the purpose named in Section 91 of this title may, by his next friend, file a verified petition in the district court of the county in which such minor shall reside, or, if the minor is a nonresident of the State of Oklahoma, said verified petition shall be filed in the county in Oklahoma where said minor owns real estate, setting forth the age of the minor petitioner and that said petitioner is then and has been a bona fide resident of such county for at least one (1) year next before the filing of the petition, or that said minor is a nonresident owning property within the State of Oklahoma, and the cause for which the petitioner seeks to obtain the rights of majority. The petition should state whether or not the parents of the minor are living, and if living, their names and addresses; whether or not a guardian has been appointed for the minor and, if a guardian has been appointed, the guardian's name and address; who has legal custody of the minor and, if the person having legal custody is not a parent or the guardian, the name and address of the person who has custody. And the district court being satisfied that the said petitioner is a person of sound mind and able to transact his affairs, and that the interests of the petitioner will be thereby promoted, may, in its discretion, order and decree that the petitioner be empowered to exercise the rights of majority for all purposes mentioned in this act. |R.L.1910, § 4428; Laws 1973, c. 18, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1973.
10 OK Stat § 10-93 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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, is filed the court shall fix a day for the hearing thereof, which day shall be not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the petition. Notice of the hearing of the petition shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, delivery restricted to addressee only, to the parents of the minor, if living, to the guardian of the minor, if one has been appointed, or to the person who has custody of the minor if such person is other than parent or guardian of the minor, and if both of the minor's parents are dead, the court may order that notice be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, delivery restricted to addressee only, to other relatives of the minor; provided, however, that no notice shall be sent to a person who endorses on the petition that notice of the day of the hearing is waived. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in some newspaper printed in the county where such petition is filed, and if there be none, then in some legal newspaper having a general circulation in the county one time, at least ten (10) days prior to the day set for the hearing of the said petition. Before the court may enter an order conferring majority rights in the hearing provided for herein, proof must be presented to the court at said hearing that notice was given to all persons entitled thereto as provided herein. |R.L.1910, § 4429; Laws 1973, c. 18, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1973.
10 OK Stat § 10-94 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-94. Costs.

|The costs of the proceedings under this Article shall be paid by the minor petitioner. |R.L.1910, § 4430.
10 OK Stat § 10-114.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-114.6. Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders through court supervised work projects.

|Every children's court, city court, county court or other court in this state possessing jurisdiction under existing law to try, punish, institutionalize or supervise minors is hereby further authorized to restrict any minor judicially determined to have committed a misdemeanor or act of vandalism or delinquency which in such court's judgment is not serious enough to warrant placement in an institution, but is serious enough to require restitution for acts of delinquency, as follows: |(a) Every such minor may be provided suitable work on such public or civic projects, or other charitable programs as the judge might, in his own discretion, find to be appropriate.(b) Time and supervision to perform such tasks may be provided at the court's discretion by an officer of any governmental agency, and funds to pay for this supervision shall be provided from the court fund of the court involved.(c) No minor shall be required hereunder to perform what would be classed in a penal institution as "hard labor", nor to interrupt a bona fide educational program nor to be assigned to such work for more than six (6) weeks.Laws 1965, c. 405, § 1, emerg. eff. July 5, 1965.
10 OK Stat § 10-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 one hundred ninety thousand (190,000) or more and containing a city of one hundred thousand (100,000) population or more, as shown by the last Federal Decennial Census or any future Federal Decennial Census, there is hereby created the office of probation officer, who shall be a county officer charged with the supervision and care of the parolees of such county, and who shall maintain an office in the county building of that county. |Laws 1939, p. 227, § 1; Laws 1941, p. 19, § 1.
10 OK Stat § 10-116b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-116b. Duties of probation officer - Investigations.

|It shall be the duty of the probation officer to perform any and all duties required of him by the aforementioned judges of such counties in the supervision, care, investigation, and rehabilitation of persons whose sentences are suspended by the judges of the courts of record of the county; and upon order of a district judge of such county he shall investigate any matter pending before said judge and report to him in the manner prescribed by said judge. |Laws 1939, p. 228, § 3; Laws 1941, p. 19, § 1.
10 OK Stat § 10-116c (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-116c. Assistant probation officer - Salary.

|In each county of this state wherein there is authorized to be appointed a probation officer under the provisions of 10 O.S.1951, Section 116, there is hereby further authorized the appointment of an assistant probation officer, pursuant to the same method and qualifications as are required for the appointment of the probation officer, and such assistant probation officer shall be under the direction and supervision of the probation officer after such appointment and qualification. The salary of such assistant probation officer shall be determined and fixed by a majority of the judges of the courts of record of such county, at not more than Forty-eight Hundred Dollars ($4,800.00) nor less than Thirty-six Hundred Dollars ($3,600.00) per annum, payable monthly. In addition to such salary, the assistant probation officer shall receive Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per annum, payable monthly out of the court fund of such county for expenses in attending to the duties of such office. |Laws 1939, p. 228, § 4; Laws 1941, p. 19, § 1; Laws 1943, p. 21, § 1; Laws 1947, p. 42, § 1; Laws 1949, p. 52, § 1; Laws 1953, p. 24, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 16, § 1.
10 OK Stat § 10-116d (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-116d. Construction of act.

|This act shall not be construed to repeal any existing acts pertaining to the employment or appointment of probation officers in an county of the state. |Laws 1939, p. 228, § 5; Laws 1941, p. 19, § 1.