- A. Effective July 1, 1996, except as provided in subsection B of this section, 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 H of Section 1355.8 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The Indigent Defense System shall complete all cases provided for in subsection A of this section and appeals for all such cases for which the System has been appointed prior to July 1, 1996, as follows:
- 1. For providing counsel at the district court level through the disposition hearing if a hearing has not been held as of July 1, 1996, or through the next significant proceeding scheduled on or after July 1, 1996, if a disposition hearing has already been held; and
- 2. For any pending nondelinquency appeal for which the System was appointed on or prior to June 30, 1996, until a decision and mandate are issued by the appropriate appellate court.
Added by Laws 1996, SB 895, c. 301, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1996.