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10 OK Stat § 10-7503-3.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7503-3.2. Notice of filing of paternity action by putative father.

|A. 1. If a putative father files a paternity action after receiving notice of or having knowledge of a potential adoption, the putative father shall notify the attorney for the petitioner for adoption or the child-placing agency that is placing the minor for adoption that the paternity action has been filed, including, but not limited to: |a.the name of the court,b.the case number, andc.the date of filing.2. If the name or location of the attorney for the petitioner for adoption or the child-placing agency placing the minor for adoption cannot be ascertained by the putative father, the putative father shall notify the petitioner for adoption. If the petitioner for adoption is also unknown to the putative father, the putative father shall notify the Paternity Registry of the Department of Human Services.B. Upon a motion of the prospective adoptive parent, the court having jurisdiction over the paternity action, if it is filed in a court of this state, shall allow the prospective adoptive parent to intervene in the paternity action and have the opportunity to be heard and seek custody and/or visitation. If a proceeding for adoption or for termination of parental rights of the putative father and a paternity action by the putative father regarding the same minor are both pending in the courts of this state, upon motion of any party, the court having jurisdiction over the paternity action shall transfer the paternity proceeding to the court in which the adoption or termination proceeding is pending, whereupon the two proceedings may be considered.Added by Laws 1998, c. 415, § 15, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-1.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-1.1. Confidential character of hearings and records – Release - Exceptions - Misdemeanor.

|A. Unless otherwise ordered by the district court exercising jurisdiction over the adoption proceeding, all hearings held in proceedings pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code shall be confidential and shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than interested parties and their counsel. |B. All papers, records, and books of proceedings in adoption cases and any papers, records, and books relating to such proceedings:1. Shall be kept as a permanent record of the court and maintained in a separate file by the court clerk; and2. Shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection or copy except as authorized in Sections 7504-1.2, 7505-3.2, 7505-6.6, 7508-1.2 and 7508-1.3 of this title or upon order of a court of record for good cause shown.C. Upon application and notice to the person or agency in whose possession the records being sought are held, and for good cause being shown, any court of record may, by written order reciting its findings, permit the necessary information to be released, or may restrict the purposes for which it shall be used. The findings shall include the reasons the information being sought cannot be obtained through the methods authorized by Sections 7504-1.2, 7505-3.2, 7505-6.6, 7508-1.2 and 7508-1.3 of this title.D. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit persons employed by the court, the Department of Human Services, a child-placing agency, an attorney participating or assisting in a direct placement adoption or any physician, minister or other person or entity assisting or participating in an adoption from providing partial or complete identifying information between a biological parent and prospective adoptive or adoptive parent if a biological parent and a prospective adoptive or adoptive parent mutually agree to share specific identifying information and each gives written, signed notice of their agreement to the court, the Department of Human Services, the child-placing agency, or any attorney participating or assisting in the direct placement adoption pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code.E. Any person in charge of adoption records or having access to adoption records or information who discloses any information, including, but not limited to, all records and reports relevant to the case and any records and reports of examination of the minor's parent or other custodian pertaining to an adoption proceeding, contrary to the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Added by Laws 1957, p. 25, § 17. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 24, § 2, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1990, c. 27, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 253, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 297, § 7, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 366, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Title 10, § 60.17 by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 385, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2011, c. 371, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-1.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 the date of hearing and giving notice thereof be signed by a judge, the chief judge in the county may, by judicial order, provide that such order or notice may be signed by the court clerk or the deputy of the court clerk affixing the signature of the court clerk or deputy beneath the place where the judge's name appears followed with the word "by:" and then followed with the signing officer's title. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 160, § 1, emerg. eff. June 13, 1985. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 60.7a of this title by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-1.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-1.4. Priority on docket - Proceedings to be expedited.

|Any petitions filed with the court pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code when docketed shall have priority over all cases pending on said docket. Any other proceedings concerning the adoption of a child shall be expedited by the court. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 297, § 8, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 60.18a of this title by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-3.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-3.3. Disclosure Statement of Adoption-related Costs and Expenditures.

|A. The Disclosure Statement of Adoption-related Costs and Expenditures required by Section 7505-3.2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be in substantially the following form: |DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OF ADOPTION-RELATED COSTS AND EXPENDITURESThe following is a declaration of all fees, expenses, and costs charged or expected to be charged for the adoption:1. Retainer fees in the amount of ______________________;2. The hourly billing rate of _____________________ and the number of hours billed for the adoption _____________________ for a total amount of ____________________;3. All fees charged for preplacement or other home studies of any prospective birth parents, regardless of whether the study was performed by a third-party ___________________;4. All costs, fees, or expenses or any other thing of value paid to or on behalf of the birth parents related to the adoption by any party other than the adoptive parents __________________________ _______________________________________________________________; and5. Any other fees and expenses related to the adoption not previously listed in this disclosure statement _____________________ __________________________________________________________________.B. The Disclosure Statement of Adoption-related Costs and Expenditures that shall be filed with the court clerk and available for public inspection shall include the following:"I, ____________________, Judge of the District Court in and for _________________ County, State of Oklahoma, a Court having original adoption jurisdiction, do hereby certify that upon this day, ________________, the disclosures contained in this disclosure statement are consistent with the sealed disclosure statement filed in the adoption case."Added by Laws 2016, c. 74, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-4.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-4.3. Inquiry to identify unknown or putative father.

|A. If, at any time in a proceeding for adoption or for termination of a relationship of parent and child pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code, the court finds that an unknown father or putative father of the child may not have received notice, the court shall determine whether he can be identified. The determination must be based on evidence that includes inquiry of appropriate persons in an effort to identify an unknown father or putative father for the purpose of providing notice. |B. The inquiry required by subsection A of this section must include whether:1. The woman who gave birth to the child was married at the probable time of conception of the child, or at a later time;2. The woman was cohabiting with a man at the probable time of conception of the child;3. The woman has received payments or promises of support, other than from a governmental agency, with respect to the child or because of her pregnancy;4. The woman has named any individual as the father on the birth certificate of the child or in connection with applying for or receiving public assistance; and5. Any individual has formally or informally acknowledged or claimed paternity of the child in a jurisdiction in which the woman resided during or since her pregnancy, or in which the child has resided or resides, at the time of the inquiry.C. If inquiry pursuant to subsection B of this section identifies as the father or putative father of the child an individual who has not received notice of the proceeding, the court shall require notice to be served upon him pursuant to Section 7505-2.1 or 7505-4.1 of this title.D. If, in an inquiry pursuant to this section, the woman who gave birth to the child fails to disclose the identity of a possible father or reveal his whereabouts, she must be advised that the lack of information about the father's medical and genetic history may be detrimental to the child. She should also be advised that any false statement that she might make under oath or affirmation at a hearing or trial before the court regarding her knowledge of the identity or whereabouts of a possible father, if she knows or believes that the statement is not true or intends thereby to obstruct the ascertainment of the truth, could constitute grounds for a criminal prosecution for perjury.Added by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 28, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 415, § 22, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-5.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 person for whom a favorable written preplacement home study has been prepared may accept custody of a minor for purposes of adoption. A preplacement home study is favorable if it contains a finding that the person is suited to be an adoptive parent, either in general or for a particular minor, and it is completed or brought current within twelve (12) months next preceding a placement of a minor with the person for adoption. |B. A preplacement home study is not required if a parent or guardian places a minor directly with a relative of the minor for purposes of adoption, or if the minor has been residing with a birth parent’s spouse for not less than one (1) year as of the date the petition for adoption is filed, but a home study of the relative or stepparent is required during the pendency of a proceeding for adoption.C. A prospective adoptive parent shall not be approved for placement of a child if the petitioners or any other person residing in the home of the petitioners has been convicted of any of the following felony offenses:1. Within the five-year period preceding the date of the petition, physical assault, domestic abuse, battery or a drug-related offense;2. Child abuse or neglect;3. A crime against a child, including, but not limited to, child pornography; and4. A crime involving violence, including, but not limited to, rape, sexual assault or homicide, but excluding those crimes specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection.D. Under no circumstances shall a child be placed in the custody of an individual subject to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or an individual who is married to or living with an individual subject to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act.Added by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 415, § 23, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998; Laws 2007, c. 196, § 7, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 288, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-5.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-5.2. Subsequent home study - Waiver.

|A. If a preplacement home study is waived by the court for good cause shown or is not required by Section 29 of this act, the court, upon the filing of a petition for adoption, shall order that a home study be made and filed with the court by the designated investigator within the time fixed by the court, and in no event more than sixty (60) days from the issuance of the order for the home study, unless the time therefor is extended by the court. |B. If the child to be adopted is the biological or adopted child of either of the petitioners or of the spouse of the petitioner, then the court by order may waive the requirement in subsection A of this section that a home study report be made, and the requirement for a supplemental report set forth in subsection C of Section 31 of this act, if the court makes the following findings:1. That waiver of the home study requirement is in the best interest of the child;2. That the parent of the child and the stepparent of the child who are petitioning for adoption have been married for at least one (1) year with the child who is to be adopted living in their home; and3. That the stepparent who is petitioning for adoption has no record of conviction of a felony or conviction or adjudication in juvenile court for child abuse or neglect or domestic violence, and there is no record of a protective order or orders issued against the stepparent.In all other adoptions, including foster, relative, and stepparent adoptions, a home study and report shall be made pursuant to this section or Section 29 of this act.Added by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 30, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-5.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§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 this title must be conducted and the reports prepared only by the following persons or agencies: |1. The agency having custody or legal guardianship of the child;2. The Department of Human Services;3. A licensed child-placing agency; or4. A person designated by the court who does not have an interest in the outcome of the home study and who meets one of the following qualifications:a.a master's degree in social work and one (1) year of experience in children's services,b.a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) and one (1) year of experience in children's services,c.a master's degree in a behavioral or social science and two (2) years' experience in children's services,d.a doctorate in a behavioral or social science and one (1) year of experience in children's services, ore.is a member of the clergy with two (2) years of experience in family counseling and is not the clergy for the adoptive parents.B. Persons satisfying the qualifications listed in paragraph 4 of subsection A of this section shall attend and satisfactorily complete at least once every three (3) years a minimum of a three-hour course in home study preparation and adoption trends taught by a licensed child-placing agency, by the Department of Human Services, a statewide organization composed of public and private adoption professionals, or by a college or university. Documentation of having met this educational requirement shall be provided by the person to the court or others upon request.C. The court may order agencies named in subsection A of this section located in one or more counties to make separate investigations on separate parts of the inquiry, as may be appropriate.D. The Department of Human Services shall not be required by the court to make a home study and report to the court on adoptive placements made by private adoption agencies or persons providing private adoption services.Added by Laws 1957, p. 24, § 13. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 27, § 1, emerg. eff. April 6, 1959; Laws 1987, c. 85, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1994, c. 122, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 366, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Title 10, § 60.13 by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 396, § 19, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999; Laws 2011, c. 371, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-6.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-6.1. Interlocutory decree.

|Upon examination of the report required in Section 29 or 30 of this act, and after hearing, the court may issue an interlocutory decree giving the care and custody of a minor to the petitioners, pending the further order of the court. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 25, § 15. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 122, § 4, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 366, § 33, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 60.15 of this title by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-6.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-6.4. Denial of petition for adoption.

|A. If the court denies a petition for adoption or vacates a decree of adoption, it shall dismiss the proceeding. If no preexisting custody order remains in effect, the court shall issue an appropriate order for the legal and physical custody of the minor according to the best interests of the minor, if the court has jurisdiction to issue a custody order. |B. 1. If the court has jurisdiction to issue a custody order, the court shall schedule a separate hearing to determine custody of the minor. The court shall certify that the petitioner for adoption and each parent of the minor has received notice of the date of the custody hearing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing and that each biological parent who has signed a consent or permanent relinquishment has been served in the same manner as summons is served in civil cases at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing. The petitioner for adoption shall be responsible for serving any parent who has not entered an appearance in the adoption proceeding. If the Department of Human Services or any licensed child-placing agency had legal custody at the time the petition was filed, the petitioner shall notify the Department or agency of the date of the custody hearing.2. Upon motion to intervene, the court shall join any person entitled to notice under this subsection who is not already a party to the proceeding.3. At the hearing, the court may award custody to the biological mother, the biological father, the biological parents, if they are married, the prospective adoptive parents, or the Department or other licensed child-placing agency if the Department or agency had legal custody of the child at the time that the petition was filed, pursuant to Section 21.1 of this title, in the best interests of the child.4. The child shall be represented at this hearing pursuant to Section 7505-1.2 of this title.Added by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 36, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 415, § 27, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998.
10 OK Stat § 10-7505-6.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10. Children|§10-7505-6.5. Effect of final decree - Grandparental rights.

|A. After the final decree of adoption is entered, the relation of parent and child and all the rights, duties, and other legal consequences of the natural relation of child and parent shall thereafter exist between the adopted child and the adoptive parents of the child and the kindred of the adoptive parents. From the date of the final decree of adoption, the child shall be entitled to inherit real and personal property from and through the adoptive parents in accordance with the statutes of descent and distribution. The adoptive parents shall be entitled to inherit real and personal property from and through the child in accordance with said statutes. |B. After a final decree of adoption is entered, the biological parents of the adopted child, unless they are the adoptive parents or the spouse of an adoptive parent, shall be relieved of all parental responsibilities for said child and shall have no rights over the adopted child or to the property of the child by descent and distribution.C. A grandparent, who is the parent of the minor's biological parents, may be given reasonable rights of visitation to the child, only to the extent permitted by the provisions of Section 5 of this title.D. A decree of adoption does not affect any property right or benefit vested in the child before the decree becomes final.Added by Laws 1957, p. 25, § 16. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 71, § 2; Laws 1981, c. 273, § 2; Laws 1984, c. 82, § 2, emerg. eff. April 4, 1984; Laws 1989, c. 211, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1996, c. 297, § 6, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 366, § 37, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 60.16 of this title by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 415, § 28, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998.