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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-120.7. Court expert - Procedures.

A. As used in this section, "court expert" means a parenting coordinator, guardian ad litem, custody evaluator or any other person appointed by the court in a custody or visitation proceeding involving children.
B. Before the court appoints an individual as a court expert, the following disclosures shall be made by the candidate to the parties:
1. A disclosure of any prior relationships with any party, attorney or judge in the pending action;
2. A complete resume disclosing all personal and professional qualifications to serve as a court expert;
3. Any suspensions from practice, reprimands, or other formal punishments resulting from an adjudication of complaints filed against the person with the professional licensing board or other organization authorized to receive complaints regarding the performance of the individual in question; and
4. Any criminal convictions within the past ten (10) years and inclusion on any sexual offender list.
C. A party may file an objection to the appointment of a proposed court expert within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the disclosures required by subsection B of this section. Upon filing an objection to the proposed court expert, the court shall set the matter for hearing. If requested, the party objecting to the appointment of the proposed court expert shall be entitled to discovery related to the qualifications and appropriateness of the proposed court expert prior to hearing.
D. In any case involving domestic violence, stalking or harassment as defined by paragraph 2 of subsection I of Section 109 of this title, the court expert shall have completed sixteen (16) hours of domestic violence training that includes, but is not limited to, information regarding the danger and lethality of domestic violence, the causes and dynamics of domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence upon victims and children, and the characteristics of a batterer as a parent.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 105, § 1. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 385, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-122. Effect of divorce.

A divorce granted at the instance of one party shall operate as a dissolution of the marriage contract as to both, and shall be a bar to any claim of either party in or to the property of the other, except in cases where actual fraud shall have been committed by or on behalf of the successful party.
R.L.1910, § 4970. Remembered from Title 12, § 1279 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-123. Remarriage and cohabitation - Appeal from judgment.

It shall be unlawful for either party to an action for divorce whose former husband or wife is living to marry in this state a person other than the divorced spouse within six (6) months from date of decree of divorce granted in this state, or to cohabit with such other person in this state during said period if the marriage took place in another state; and if an appeal be commenced from said decree, it shall be unlawful for either party to such cause to marry any other person and cohabit with such person in this state until the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date on which final judgment shall be rendered pursuant to such appeal. Any person violating the provisions of this section by such marriage shall be deemed guilty of the felony of bigamy. Any person violating the provisions of this section by such cohabitation shall be deemed guilty of the felony of adultery.
An appeal from a judgment granting or denying a divorce shall be made in the same manner as in any other civil case.
R.L. 1910, § 4971. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 119, p. 166, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 82, § 1; Laws 1969, c. 322, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 5, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1280 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 462, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 462 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-124. Bigamy a felony.

Every person convicted of bigamy as such offense is defined in Section 123 of this title shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years.
R.L. 1910, § 4972. Renumbered from § 1281 of Title 12 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 463, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 336, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 463 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-125. Validation of decrees annulling marriage or granting divorce.

A judgment or decree, heretofore rendered by a court having jurisdiction of the parties, annulling a marriage and/or granting a divorce, on the grounds that one of the parties had been previously married and divorced and said divorce decree had not become final, is hereby validated.
Laws 1937, p. 9, § 1. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1281a by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-126. Remarriage within six months as ground for annulment.

A marriage wherein one of the parties had not been divorced for six (6) months shall hereafter in this state be ground for annullment of marriage by either party.
Laws 1937, p. 9, § 2. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1281b by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-127. Time when judgments in divorce actions become final - Effect of appeal.

Every decree of divorce shall recite the day and date when the judgment was rendered. If an appeal be taken from a judgment granting or denying a divorce, that part of the judgment does not become final and take effect until the appeal is determined. If an appeal be taken from any part of a judgment in a divorce action except the granting of the divorce, the divorce shall be final and take effect from the date the decree of divorce is rendered, provided neither party thereto may marry another person until six (6) months after the date the decree of divorce is rendered; that part of the judgment appealed shall not become final and take effect until the appeal be determined.
R.L.1910, 4973; Laws 1969, c. 321, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1969. Renumbered from Title 1, § 1282 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-128. Avoidance of marriage of incompetents.

When either of the parties to a marriage shall be incapable, from want of age or understanding, of contracting such marriage, the same may be declared void by the district court, in an action brought by the incapable party or by the parent or guardian of such party; but the children of such marriage begotten before the same is annulled, shall be legitimate. Cohabitation after such incapacity ceases, shall be a sufficient defense to any such action.
R.L.1910, § 4974. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1283 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-129. Alimony without divorce.

The wife or husband may obtain alimony from the other without a divorce, in an action brought for that purpose in the district court, for any of the causes for which a divorce may be granted. Either may make the same defense to such action as he might to an action for divorce, and may, for sufficient cause, obtain a divorce from the other in such action.
R.L.1910, § 4975.³Renumbered from Title 12, § 1284 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-130. Evidence.

Upon the trial of an action for a divorce, or for alimony the court may admit proof of the admissions of the parties to be received in evidence, carefully excluding such as shall appear to have been obtained by connivance, fraud, coercion or other improper means. Proof of cohabitation, and reputation of the marriage of the parties, may be received as evidence of the marriage. But no divorce shall be granted without proof.
R.L.1910, § 4976.³Renumbered from Title 12, § 1285 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-131. Residency in divorce cases.

A married person who meets the residence requirements prescribed by law for bringing a divorce action in this state may seek a divorce in this state, though the other spouse resides elsewhere.
R.L.1910, § 4977. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 36, § 1. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1286 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-132. Parties may testify.

In any action for divorce hereafter tried, the parties thereto, or either of them, shall be competent to testify in like manner, respecting any fact necessary or proper to be proven, as parties to other civil actions are allowed to testify.
R.L.1910, § 4978.³Renumbered from Title 12, § 1287 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-133. Setting aside of divorce decrees upon petition of parties.

When a decree of divorce has been issued by a district or superior court, said court is hereby authorized to dissolve said decree at any future time, in or out of the term wherein the decree was granted, provided that both parties to the divorce action file a petition, signed by both parties, asking that said decree be set aside and held for naught. And further provided that both parties seeking to have the decree set aside shall make proof to the court that neither one has married a third party during the time since the issuance of the decree of divorce.
Laws 1959, P. 81, § 1.³Renumbered from Title 12, § 1288 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-136. Mailing of alimony and support payments - Evidence of support payments - Income assignment fee.

A. If a judicial order, judgment or decree directs that the payment of child support, alimony, temporary support or any similar type of payment be made through the office of the court clerk, then it shall be the duty of the court to transmit such payments to the payee by first class United States mail, if requested to do so by the payee. Such payments shall be mailed to the payee at the address specified in writing by the payee. In the event of a change in address of the payee it shall be the duty of the payee to furnish to the court clerk in writing the new address of the payee.
B. A report of child support payments with a certificate of authenticity executed by the court clerk is admissible into evidence in court or in an administrative proceeding as self-authenticated.
C. A fee not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be charged and collected for any post decree application to initiate an income assignment in addition to any other fees authorized by law. The fee shall not be charged or collected for income assignments requested at the time of the filing of the original petition or entered at the time of a divorce decree. The person entitled to support is entitled to collect said fees paid pursuant to this subsection from the person obligated to pay support through civil proceedings.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 60, § 1. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 297, § 21, operative Oct. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1290 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 219, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-137. Past due payments operate as judgments – Cessation of lien after period of years – Duration of arrearage payment.

A. Any payment or installment of child support ordered pursuant to any order, judgment, or decree of the district court or administrative order of the Department of Human Services is, on and after the date it becomes past due, a judgment by operation of law. Judgments for past due support shall:
1. Have the full force and effect of any other judgment of this state, including the ability to be enforced by any method available under the laws of this state to enforce and collect money judgments; and
2. Be entitled to full faith and credit as a judgment in this state and any other state.
B. A child support judgment shall not become dormant for any purpose, except that it shall cease to be a lien upon real property five (5) years from the date it is filed of record with the county clerk in the county where the property is located, unless the judgment lien is extended in accordance with subsection C of Section 759 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
1. Except as otherwise provided by court order, a judgment for past due child support shall be enforceable until paid in full.
2. An order that provides for payment of child support, if willfully disobeyed, may be enforced by indirect civil contempt proceedings, notwithstanding that the support payment is a judgment on and after the date it becomes past due. After the implementation of the Centralized Support Registry, any amounts determined to be past due by the Department of Human Services may subsequently be enforced by indirect civil contempt proceedings.
C. An arrearage payment schedule set by a court or administrative order shall not exceed three (3) years, unless imposition of a payment schedule would be unjust, inequitable, unreasonable, or inappropriate under the circumstances, or not in the best interests of the child or children involved. When making this determination, reasonable support obligations of either parent for other children in the custody of the parent may be considered. If an arrearage payment schedule that exceeds three (3) years is set, specific findings of fact supporting the action shall be made.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 230, § 16, eff. Oct. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Title 12, § 1291 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 307, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 356, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1994, c. 366, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 233, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 323, § 12, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 384, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-138. Recording of costs in child support enforcement cases - Assessment against nonprevailing party.

Costs incurred in a child support enforcement case in which a party is represented by an office operated by or for the benefit of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services shall be recorded by the court clerk. The reasonable costs may be assessed by the court against the nonprevailing party at the conclusion of the proceedings.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 221, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-139. Legal right to child support.

The Legislature finds and declares that child support is a basic legal right of the state's parents and children, that mothers and fathers have a legal obligation to provide financial support for their children and that child support payments can have a substantial impact on child poverty and state welfare expenditures. It is therefore the Legislature's intent to encourage payment of child support to decrease overall costs to the state's taxpayers while increasing the amount of financial support collected for the state's children by authorizing the district courts of this state and the Department of Human Services to order the revocation, suspension, nonissuance or nonrenewal of any recreational license or permit, or permit including, but not limited to, a hunting and fishing license or other authorization issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code, Section 1-101 et seq. of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and certificates of title for vessels and motors and other licenses of registration issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act, Section 4001 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or to order probation for a parent who is in noncompliance with an order for support for at least ninety (90) days or failing, after receiving appropriate notice to comply with subpoenas or warrants relating to paternity or child support proceedings.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 354, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 402, § 16, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2020, c. 111, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-140. Problem-solving court program - Participation by obligors of state child support plan.

A. In cases in which child support services under the state child support plan as provided in Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes are being provided for the benefit of the child, the administrative or district court may order the obligor to participate in the problem-solving court program of the Department of Human Services. The problem-solving court program is an immediate and highly structured judicial intervention process for the obligor and requires completion of a participation agreement by the obligor and monitoring by the court. A problem-solving court program differs in practice and design from the traditional adversarial prosecution and trial systems. The problem-solving court program uses a team approach administered by the judge in cooperation with a child support state’s attorney and a child support court liaison who focuses on removing the obstacles causing the nonpayment of the obligor. The obligors in this program shall be required to sign an agreement to participate in this program. The court liaisons assess the needs of the obligor, develop a community referral network, make referrals, monitor the compliance of the obligor in the program, and provide status reports to the court.
B. Participation in the problem-solving court program shall not act as a stay of federally mandated automated enforcement remedies. The child support obligation of the obligor shall not be suspended or abated during participation in the program.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 407, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.1. Definitions.

As used in the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act:
1. "Civilian personnel" means direct-hire, permanent civilian employees of the Department of Defense;
2. "Close and substantial relationship" means a relationship in which a bond has been forged between the child and the other person by regular contact or communication;
3. "Custodial responsibility" refers to legal custody, physical custody or visitation rights with respect to a child;
4. "Deploying parent" means a legal parent of a minor child or the legal guardian of a child, who is a member of the United States Armed Forces, civilian personnel or contractor serving in designated combat zones and who is deployed or has been notified of an impending deployment;
5. "Deployment" means the temporary transfer of a servicemember, civilian personnel or contractor serving in designated combat zones in compliance with official orders to another location in support of combat, contingency operation, or natural disaster requiring the use of orders for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive days, during which family members are not authorized to accompany the servicemember at government expense. Deployment shall include any period during which a servicemember, civilian personnel or contractor serving in designated combat zones is absent from duty on account of sickness, wounds, leave or other lawful cause, and shall also include any transfer pursuant to military orders requiring presence in a foreign country;
6. "Guardian" means a person who has been appointed as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated adult pursuant to the requirements of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The term shall include a limited guardian, but shall not include a guardian ad litem;
7. "Nondeploying parent" means a legal parent or guardian who is not deployed and who has a child or ward in common with a deploying parent;
8. "Servicemember" means a member of either:
a.
the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or
b.
the active or reserve components of the National Guard; and
9. "Visitation" means the right to take a child for a limited period of time to a place other than the habitual residence of the child.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 29, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 261, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.2. Custodial responsibility – Jurisdiction - Residency.

A court of this state may enter an order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant to the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act only where the court has jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), Sections 551-101 through 551-402 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If a court of this state has rendered a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant to the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, the deploying parent shall be deemed to reside in this state for the purposes of the UCCJEA during the duration of the deployment. If a court of another state has rendered a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant to deployment, this court shall deem the deploying parent to reside in the rendering state for the purposes of the UCCJEA during the duration of the deployment. This section does not prohibit the exercise of temporary emergency jurisdiction by a court of this state under the UCCJEA.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 5, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.3. Deployed parent - Exercise of visiting rights by third party.

A. In order to ensure an ongoing relationship with the child while deployed, pursuant to the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, upon application to the court by the deploying parent, the court shall designate a family member or another person with a close and substantial relationship to the child to exercise his or her visitation rights, unless the court determines it is not in the best interests of the child.
B. Visitation awarded pursuant to this section derives from the deploying parent’s own right to custodial responsibility. Neither this section nor a court order permitting designation shall be deemed to create any separate or permanent rights to visitation.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 6, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.4. Deployment orders - Copy to nondeploying parent.

A. A deploying parent shall provide a copy of the deployment orders to the other parent within ten (10) days of receipt. When the deployment date is less than ten (10) days after receipt of the orders, a copy shall immediately be provided to the other parent.
B. If a valid court order requires that the address or contact information of the nondeploying parent be kept confidential, the notification shall be made to the court only. The court shall notify the nondeploying parent, or counsel for the nondeploying parent, if the deploying parent is prohibited from directly contacting the nondeploying parent.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 7, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.5. Expedited hearing.

Following a deploying parent’s receiving notice of deployment, either a deploying parent or nondeploying parent may request an expedited hearing to be heard within ten (10) days or prior to deployment, whichever occurs first, on any matter pertaining to custodial or visitation responsibility. The application shall include the date on which the deployment began or begins. If the date of deployment is uncertain, the approximate date shall be included. The court shall grant a request for an expedited hearing if the deploying parent’s ability, or anticipated ability, to appear in person at a regularly scheduled hearing would be prevented by the deployment or preparation for the deployment. If the deployed or deploying parent is seeking the right to designate a family member to determine visitation, then the name of the family member or another person with a close and substantial relationship to the child shall be stated in the application.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 8, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.7. Permissible court orders.

A. A court that renders an order on custodial responsibility under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act may, on motion of either party and with appropriate jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ("UIFSA"):
1. Enter a temporary order for child support consistent with Oklahoma Child Support Guidelines; and
2. Require the deploying parent to enroll the child to receive military dependent benefits.
B. Any order entered on child support pursuant to this section shall state that such order shall terminate following the child’s return to the deploying parent upon conclusion of deployment.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 10, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.8. Court-ordered visitation - Appearance at hearing - Rebuttable presumptions.

A. If the deploying parent moves to designate a family member or another person with a close and substantial relationship with the child to exercise visitation rights, the court shall grant reasonable visitation to a member of the family of the child, including a stepparent or step sibling, with whom the child has a close and substantial relationship as defined in the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.
B. Any visitation ordered by the court pursuant to this section shall be temporary in nature and shall not exceed or be less than the amount of custodial time granted to the deploying parent under any existing permanent order or agreement between the parents, with the exception that the court may take into account unusual travel time required to transport the child between the nondeploying parent and the family members allowed visitation.
C. The person designated by the deploying parent to exercise visitation shall appear at the temporary order hearing.
D. Rebuttable presumptions for proceedings under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act:
1. In postdissolution proceedings, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interests of the child for a stepparent to exercise the deployed parent’s parental duties;
2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that if the person designated by the deployed or deploying party meets the requirements of subsection A of this section, then it shall be in the best interest of the child that the person receive visitation; and
3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that visitation by a family member who has perpetrated domestic violence against a spouse, a child, a domestic living partner, or is otherwise subject to registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act is not in the best interest of the child.
E. Any temporary order issued under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act shall be enforced as any other orders relating to the care, custody and control of the child.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 11, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.9. Notification of completion of deployment.

A. The deploying parent shall notify the nondeploying parent of the completion of the deployment. If the deploying parent is unable to locate the nondeploying parent, the deploying parent shall notify the court of the return.
B. A temporary modification order granted in accordance with the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act shall terminate by operation of law ten (10) days after notice has been provided to the nondeploying parent of the completion of deployment and the original terms of the prior custody or visitation order shall be automatically reinstated.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 12, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-150.10. Bad faith - Penalties.

If the court finds that a party to a proceeding under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act has acted in bad faith or otherwise deliberately failed to comply with the terms of the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act or a court order issued under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, the court may assess attorney fees and costs against the opposing party and order any other appropriate sanctions.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 354, § 13, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-202. Duty to support.

The husband must support himself and his wife out of the community property or out of his separate property or by his labor. The wife must support the husband when he has not deserted her out of the community property or out of her separate property when he has no community or separate property and he is unable from infirmity to support himself.
R.L.1910, § 3351; Laws 1945, p. 121, § 1. Renumbered from Title 32, § 3 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-203. Separate property.

Except as mentioned in the preceding section neither husband nor wife has any interest in the separate property of the other, but neither can be excluded from the other's dwelling.
R.L.1910, § 3352. Renumbered from Title 32, § 4 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-204. Contracts.

Either husband or wife may enter into any engagement or transaction with the other, or with any other person, respecting property, which either might, if unmarried, subject, in transactions between themselves, to the general rules which control the actions of persons occupying confidential relations with each other as defined by the title on trusts.
R.L.1910, § 3353. Renumbered from Title 32, § 5 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-205. Relations cannot be altered by contract - Separation agreements.

A husband and wife cannot, by any contract with each other, alter their legal relations, except as to property, and except that they may agree in writing to an immediate separation, and may make provision for the support of either of them and of their children during such separation.
R.L.1910, § 3354. Renumbered from Title 32, § 6 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-207. Manner of holding property - Inventory of separate property.

A husband and wife may hold property as joint tenants, tenants in common, or as community property.
A full and complete inventory of the separate personal property of either spouse may be made out and signed by such spouse, acknowledged or proved in the manner provided by law for the acknowledgment or proof of a grant of real property; and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the parties reside. The filing of the inventory in the county clerk's office is notice and prima facie evidence of the title of the party filing such inventory.
R.L.1910, § 3356; Laws 1945, p. 121, § 2. Renumbered from Title 32, § 8 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-208. Liability for acts and debts of spouse - Curtesy and dower abolished.

A. Neither husband nor wife, as such, is answerable for the acts of the other.
B. The separate property of the husband is liable for the debts of the husband contracted before or after marriage, but is not liable for the debts of the wife contracted before the marriage.
C. The separate property of the wife is liable for the debts of the wife contracted before or after marriage, but is not liable for the debts of the husband contracted before the marriage.
D. No estate is allowed the husband as tenant by curtesy, upon the death of his wife, nor is any estate in dower allotted to the wife upon the death of her husband.
R.L.1910, § 3357. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 122, § 3. Renumbered from Title 32, § 9 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 380, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-209.2. Parent's liability for value of child's necessaries.

If a parent neglects to provide articles necessary for his child who is under his charge, according to his circumstances, a third person may in good faith supply such necessaries and recover the reasonable value thereof from the parent.
R.L.1910, § 4376. Renumbered from § 13 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 233, § 199, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-210. Liability on abandonment or separation by agreement.

A husband abandoned by his wife is not liable for her support until she offers to return, unless she was justified by his misconduct, in abandoning him; nor is he liable for her support when she is living separate from him, by agreement, unless such support is stipulated in the agreement.
R.L.1910, § 3359. Renumbered from Title 32, § 11 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-211. Management, sale or encumbrance of property of one by the other, when.

In case the husband or wife abandons the other and removes from the state, and is absent therefrom for one (1) year, without providing for the maintenance and support of his or her family, or is sentenced to imprisonment either in the county jail or State Penitentiary for the period of one (1) year or more, the district court of the county or judicial subdivision where the husband or wife so abandoned or not imprisoned resides, may, on application by affidavit of such husband or wife, setting forth fully the facts, supported by such other testimony as the court may deem necessary, authorize him or her to manage, control, sell or encumber the property of the said husband or wife for the support and maintenance of the family, and for the purpose of paying debts contracted prior to such abandonment or imprisonment. Notice of such proceedings shall be given the opposite party, and shall be served as summons are served in ordinary actions.
R.L.1910, § 3360. Renumbered from Title 32, § 12 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-212. Contracts binding on both - Liability for acts - Suits and proceedings.

All contracts, sales or encumbrances made by either husband or wife by virtue of the power contemplated and granted by order of the court as provided in the preceding section, shall be binding on both, and during such absence or imprisonment the person acting under such power may sue and be sued thereon, and for all acts done the property of both shall be liable, and execution may be levied or attachment issued thereon according to statute. No suit or proceedings shall abate or be in any wise affected by the return or release of the person confined, but he or she may be permitted to prosecute or defend jointly with the other.
R.L.1910, § 3361. Renumbered from Title 32, § 13 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-213. Order set aside, when.

The husband or wife affected by the proceedings contemplated in the two preceding sections, may have the order or decree of the court set aside or annulled by affidavit of such party, setting forth fully the facts and supported by such other testimony as the court shall deem proper. Notice of such proceedings to set aside and annul such order must be given the person in whose favor the same was granted, and shall be served as summons are served in ordinary actions. The setting aside of such decree or order shall in no wise affect any act done thereunder.
R.L.1910, § 3362. Renumbered from Title 32, § 14 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-214. Rights of married women.

Woman shall retain the same legal existence and legal personality after marriage as before marriage, and shall receive the same protection of all her rights as a woman, which her husband does as a man; and for any injury sustained to her reputation, person, property, character or any natural right, her own medical expenses, and by reason of loss of consortium, she shall have the same right to appeal in her own name alone to the courts of law or equity for redress and protection that her husband has to appeal in his own name alone.
R.L.1910, § 3363; Laws 1973, c. 73, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1973. Renumbered from Title 32, § 15 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-215. Agreement respecting rights acquired under community property law - Recording - Limitation barring action to recover interest.

Within one (1) year from the effective date of this act, any husband and wife whose property or income was subject to the terms of the act repealed by the foregoing section, may enter into a recordable agreement, specifying the rights acquired by either or each of them under the terms of said act, altering those rights if they so desire, and describing the property affected, and may record the agreement in the office of the county clerk of their residence and in the office of the county clerk of each county where any of the affected property may be located. Should any husband and wife be unable to reach such an agreement, either may file an action in the district court of the county of the residence of either of them for a determination of the rights as acquired under the repealed act, and a certified copy of the judgment may thereupon be recorded in each county in which any of the affected property is located. The failure to make and record such an agreement, or to file such an action within one (1) year and record the judgment in due course thereafter, and in any event within three (3) years from the effective date of this act, shall bar the husband or wife whose title or interest does not appear of record, or who is not separately in possession of the property, from any claim or interest in the property as against third persons acquiring any interest therein. After three (3) years from the effective date of this act, no action or proceeding of any character shall be brought to establish or recover an interest in property based upon the terms of the act repealed, unless the interest has previously been established of record, as hereinabove provided.
Laws 1949, p. 229, § 2. Renumbered from Title 32, § 83 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2. eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-413. Payment of support through registry.

A. The Department of Human Services shall maintain a Centralized Support Registry to receive, allocate and distribute support payments. All child support, spousal support, and related support payments shall be paid through the Registry as follows:
1. In all cases in which child support services are being provided under the state child support plan as provided under Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. In all other cases in which support is being paid by income withholding.
B. When child support enforcement services are being provided under Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all monies owed for child support shall continue to be paid through the Registry until child support is no longer owed.
C. Any party desiring child support, spousal support, or related support payments to be paid through the Registry may request the court to order the payments to be made through the Registry. Upon such request the court shall order payments to be made through the Registry.
D. The Registry shall maintain the following information on all cases in which support is paid through the Registry. This information shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Names, social security numbers and dates of birth for both parents and the children for whom support is ordered;
2. The amount of periodic support owed under the order;
3. Case identification numbers; and
4. Payment address.
E. In all cases, except those being enforced under the state child support plan as provided under Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, employers shall provide the Registry with a copy of the notice of income assignment specified in Section 1171.3 of Title 12 and Section 240.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Employers, parties, and obligees to an order, upon request, shall provide additional information necessary for the Registry to identify and properly allocate and distribute payments.
F. An obligee, pursuant to a judgment, decree, or order in which payment of support is required by this section to be paid through the Registry or whose support is being paid through the Registry, shall provide information as directed by the Department of Human Services necessary to properly allocate and distribute the payments.
G. All payments made through the Registry shall be allocated and distributed in accordance with Department of Human Services’ policy and federal regulations.
H. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 279, § 4, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 402, § 18, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 323, § 13, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 384, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 407, § 15, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 314, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-421. Authorization of public or private agencies to provide registry - Maximum fee.

The associate district judge in each county within this state may authorize one or more public or private agencies to provide a child visitation registry program. Eligible governmental agencies shall include, but not be limited to, county sheriffs' offices, State Department of Health child guidance centers, social service agencies, and police departments. A participating agency may charge a fee not to exceed Two Dollars ($2.00) per parent, per visit.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 131, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-422. Participant logs.

A. The child visitation registry program shall include a log for each case participating in the program which must be signed by each parent at the time of arrival and departure. The agency must have an employee assigned to verify identification of each parent or guardian, initial each signature, and record the time of each person's arrival and departure.
B. Copies of a participant's log shall be available for purchase by the participant at the agency's reproduction cost. Copies of the records may be certified by stamp. Each agency shall maintain participants' records for a minimum of three (3) years.
C. Entries in child visitation registry records shall be rebuttable presumptive proof of compliance or noncompliance with court-ordered visitation.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 131, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-423. Court order for participation in registry program.

The court may order parents to participate in the child visitation registry program either before or after divorce or custody proceedings have become final. The court may order parents to participate in the program on its own motion or upon the motion of either parent.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 131, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-424. Forms for petition and court order - Modification of visitation rights.

A. The Office of the Court Administrator shall develop:
1. A form for use in petitioning the court for inclusion in the child visitation registry which shall be distributed to all court clerk offices; and
2. A form for the court's order requiring participation in the registry. This form shall provide for the following:
a.
a requirement that a copy of the order be given to each parent, the child visitation registry agency, and court file,
b.
a determination of who is authorized to pick up or deliver a child to the child visitation registry agency. The list may include, but is not limited to, parents, stepparents, and grandparents,
c.
a determination of when the participants shall meet to pick up or deliver a child to the child visitation registry agency. This decision shall include specific days of the week and time periods,
d.
the date when participation in the program shall begin or end, and
e.
a requirement that the participant delivering the child to the registry must wait at the agency and sign out after the participant picking up the child has departed from the agency.
B. If a parent, or other person with custody, is habitually late to pick up or deliver the child or children, the court may, upon proper notice, consider reducing or canceling visitation temporarily or permanently.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 131, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-551-104. Application to Indian tribes.

APPLICATION TO INDIAN TRIBES.
A. A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, is not subject to this act to the extent that it is governed by the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act.
B. A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for purposes of applying Articles 1 and 2 of this act.
C. A child custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this act must be recognized and enforced under Article 3 of this act.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 407, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-551-105. International application of act.

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION OF ACT
A. A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for purposes of applying Articles 1 and 2 of this act.
B. Except as otherwise provided in subsection C of this section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this act must be recognized and enforced under Article 3 of this act.
C. A court of this state need not apply this act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 407, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-551-106. Effect of child custody determination.

EFFECT OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION
A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this act binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accordance with Section 8 of this act or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 407, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 43. Marriage and Family › §43-551-107. Priority.

PRIORITY
If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this act is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, must be given priority on the court's calendar and handled expeditiously.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 407, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.