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.

Laws 1985, SB 12, c. 160, § 1, emerg. eff. June 13, 1985; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1241, c. 366, § 21, eff. November 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Renumbered from 10 O.S. § 60.7a by Laws 1997, HB 1241, c. 366, § 58, eff. November 1, 1997.