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Chapter 2

Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, ch. 2

Article 1 - Oklahoma Children's Code

1-1-101Short Title - Contents of Code - Effect of Captions 1-1-102Legislative Intent - Purpose 1-1-104Enforcement Authority 1-1-105Definitions 1-2-101Statewide Centralized Hotline for Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect - Hotline Requirements - Reporting Abuse or Neglect - Retaliation by Employer - Violations 1-2-102Preliminary Safety Analysis, Assessment, and Investigation - Report and Findings - Referrals - Plan of Safe Care - Parent on Active Military Duty 1-2-103Judicial Request for Investigation of Criminally Injurious Conduct 1-2-104Immunity from Civil or Criminal Liability 1-2-105Prompt Investigation of Child Abuse or Neglect - Health Records - Written Report - Temporary Restraining Order - Active Duty Inquiry 1-2-106Notice of Complaint or Allegation to be Provided to Person Being Investigated 1-2-107Information Provided to Person or Agency Providing Professional Services 1-2-108Statewide Central Registry for Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Neglect - Maintenance of Registry - Contents - Confidentiality 1-2-109Relinquishment of Child to Medical Services Provider or Child Rescuer 1-2-110Report of Recommendations for Abandoned Child in Voluntary Foster Care Placement 1-2-111Pilot Program to Improve Socioeconomic Outcomes for Children in State Custody 1-3-101Authorization to Consent to Medical or Dental Care 1-3-102Authorization to Consent to Emergency Medical Care 1-3-103Civil and Criminal Immunity for Persons Acting Pursuant to Act, Court Order, or Consent 1-3-104Safety Plan Monitor May Authorize Necessary Medical or Dental Care 1-4-101Jurisdiction - Temporary Order - Interlocutory Relief - Conflicting Orders - Venue - Transfer of Proceedings 1-4-102Custody or Visitation Proceeding - Evidence of Child Abuse or Neglect - Referral for Investigation - District Attorney to Decide Whether to File Deprived Petition - Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem for Child 1-4-201Child Taken into Custody Prior to Filing of Petition - Prepetition Emergency Custody Orders 1-4-202Notice of Protective Custody 1-4-203Emergency Custody Hearing 1-4-204Award of Custody or Determination of Placement - Separation of Siblings - Preference for Relatives and Persons With Kinship Relationship 1-4-205Records of Child Released From Protective Custody Prior to Hearing - Petition for Deprived Child Proceeding - Hearings - Order for Removal of Child From Home 1-4-206Restraining Order - Service - Hearing - Notice of Order - Termination and Renewal - Penalties for Violations 1-4-207Immediate Assumption of Custody and Ordering of Necessary Actions 1-4-208Standardized Assessment - Rules 1-4-301Verified Petition - Contents - Delivery With Summons - Signature 1-4-302Pleadings and Motions Subsequent to Petition - Amendment of Petition - Postadjudication Petition 1-4-303Scheduling of Hearing - Issuance and Contents of Summons - Service - Waiver of Service 1-4-304Service of Summons - Time of Adjudication Hearing - Distinct and Meaningful Search for Parents and Guardians 1-4-305Failure to Appear - Consent to Adjudication of Child to be Deprived - Contempt - Warrants 1-4-306Appointment of Counsel, Guardian Ad Litem - Court-Appointed Special Advocates - Access to Files and Records 1-4-401Applicability of Oklahoma Discovery Code and District Court Rules - Court Ordered Exchange of Information - Confidentiality - Scheduling and Other Orders 1-4-501District Attorney to Prepare and Prosecute Case and Act as Petitioner in all Cases - Counsel for Department of Human Services 1-4-502Circumstances Warranting a Jury Trial - Scheduling Order 1-4-503Conduct of Hearings 1-4-504Alternative Dispute Resolution 1-4-505Applicability of Section - Admissibility of Child Statement Recorded before Proceedings Begin 1-4-506Testimony of Child Taken in Room Other than Courtroom - Court Order 1-4-507Admissibility of Evidence 1-4-508Use Immunity 1-4-601Time for Adjudication Hearing - Effect of Delay - Stipulations - Testimony - Nonjury Trial 1-4-602Factual Allegations of Petition Not Supported by a Preponderance of the Evidence 1-4-603Factual Allegations of Petition Supported by a Preponderance of the Evidence 1-4-701Costs and Expenses for Care and Maintenance of Child - Orders for Enforcement - Penalties for Willful Failure to Pay 1-4-702Paternity and Support of Alleged or Adjudicated Deprived Child - Support Orders and Payments - Rules 1-4-703Examination of Child by Physician - Investigation of Child's Home Conditions and Environment - Hearing 1-4-704Written Individualized Service Plan - Preparation - Disputes and Hearing - Contents - Modifications - Voluntarily Participate in Services 1-4-705Placement of Child Custody With Individual, Agency, or Institution - Religious Faith of Parents or Child - Disqualifying Crimes and Offenses 1-4-706Time of Dispositional Hearing - Evidence - Modification of Other Orders - Scheduling of Periodic Review and Permanency Hearings 1-4-707Dispositional Orders - Required Information 1-4-708Deprived Adjudication for Repeated Absence from School 1-4-709Required Conditions for Establishing Permanent Guardianship - Rights and Responsibilities of Permanent Guardian - Limitations 1-4-710Motion for Permanent Guardianship - Notice of Hearing - Home Study - Required Findings - Visitation - Order - Conditions to Close Case 1-4-711Modification or Termination of Permanent Guardianship 1-4-712Family Drug Court - Establishment - Participation - Assessment - Admittance - Denial for Consideration 1-4-713Family Drug Court Assessment - Purpose - Procedure - Scope - Recommendation - Admissibility of Parent or Guardian's Statements 1-4-714Family Drug Court Program Hearing - Personal Jurisdiction - Immediate Program Entry - Denial of Admission - Exoneration of Bond, Bail, or Undertaking - Treatment Time 1-4-715Family Drug Court Judicial Decisions - Reports - Progress Hearings - Access to Information - Recognition of Relapses - Treatment Plan Modification 1-4-716Court Costs and Fees - Family Drug Court Revolving Fund - Court Orders for Costs and Fees 1-4-801Review of Order Releasing Child from State Custody 1-4-802Hearing to Determine Child's Placement or Release from State Custody - Testimony 1-4-803Court Ordered Placement with the Department of Human Services 1-4-804Notice When Child in Custody of Department Moved to Another Location - Time of Notice - Hearing 1-4-805Child in Custody of Department or Child-Placing Agency for More than Three Months - Removal - Change of Foster Placement 1-4-806Trial Reunification - Duties of Department of Human Services - Termination 1-4-807Periodic Review Hearings - Review of Case Regarding Child Alleged or Adjudicated to be Deprived - Notice to Foster Parent, Preadoptive Parent, or Relative - Findings 1-4-807.1Emergency Hearing Regarding Harm or Threatened Harm to Child - Penalties for Providing False Information 1-4-808Written Report for Review Hearing - Scope of Report - Child's Access to Counsel 1-4-809Permanency Hearing Upon Finding That Reasonable Efforts to Prevent Removal of Child From Home or Reunify Child With Family Not Required 1-4-810Child in Out-of-Home Care for Twelve Months or Longer - Meeting - Report Prior to Permanency Hearing - Proposed Permanency Plan 1-4-811Permanency Hearing 1-4-812Eligibility of Foster Parent to Adopt - Factors to be Considered by Court 1-4-813Agreements and Court Orders Permitting Postadoption Contact Between Birth Relatives and the Child - Steps to Facilitate Ongoing Sibling Contact or Visitation 1-4-814Modification of Decrees or Orders 1-4-901Petition or Motion by District Attorney or Child's Attorney - Duty of District Attorney 1-4-902Conditions Requiring District Attorney to File Petition or Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship 1-4-903Adoption as a Permanency Plan - Good Cause Not to Terminate Parental Rights 1-4-904Termination of Parental Rights in Case Involving Petition for Deprived Status of Child 1-4-905Notice of Hearing to Terminate Parental Rights - Failure to Appear - Power to Vacate Order 1-4-906Effect of Termination of Parental Rights 1-4-907Placement With Individual or Agency - Authority to Consent to Adoption - Effect of Final Decree of Adoption 1-4-908Permanency Hearing - Continued Jurisdiction over the Child 1-4-909Request by Child for Reinstatement of Terminated Parental Rights 1-5-101Appeals 1-5-102References to Child in Appellate Opinions 1-5-103Time for Filing Petition - Completion of Record - Briefing Schedule - Expedited Adjudication of Appeal 1-6-101Duty to Keep Records of Cases Brought Before the Court - Definitions 1-6-102Confidential Records - Authorization for Inspection, Disclosure, Correction, or Expungement of Records - Fees 1-6-103Inspection of Juvenile Court Records and Department of Human Services Agency Records Without Court Order 1-6-104Access to Juvenile Court Record Including More Than One Child 1-6-105Cases Involving Death or Near Death of a Child - Release of Certain Information to Public 1-6-106Social Records Not to be Filed in Court Record Unless Ordered by Court - Confidentiality 1-6-107Confidentiality of Reports and Records - Penalties for Violations of Confidentiality 1-6-108Maintenance of Court and Agency Records Regarding Deprived Children 1-7-101Persons, Institutions, or Agencies Receiving Custody - Rights and Duties 1-7-102Department of Human Services to Care for Deprived Children 1-7-103Additional Duties and Powers of Department 1-7-104Information to Accompany Child in Out-of-Home Care - Passport Program 1-7-105Rules, Regulations, Policies and Procedures Regarding Children in Department Custody 1-7-106Foster Care Placement - Kinship Relationship - Treatment Needs of Child - Case Plan Goals 1-7-107Placement of Siblings in the Same Home - Contact or Visitation for Separated Siblings - Required Findings if Siblings Separated 1-7-108Liability for Costs and Expenses in Excess of Funding for Foster Care Services 1-7-109Foster Placement - License or Authorization 1-7-110Placement of Deprived Child in Foster Care - Best Interests of Child - Child's Preference 1-7-111Prerequisites for Placement of Child in Foster Home and for Court Awards of Custody to Individual or Child-Placing Agency Other Than Department or Office of Juvenile Affairs 1-7-112Voluntary Foster Care Placement - Procedures 1-8-103Referees 1-7-112aAdulthood Transition - Support Service Extension - Requirements - Authority 1-7-113Required Visitations by Department of Human Services or Placement Agency 1-7-114Costs of Foster Parent Eligibility Assessment and National Criminal History Records Search - Medicaid Reimbursement 1-7-115Removal From Home Due to Allegations of Abuse or Neglect - Emergency Placement 1-7-116Notice of Eligibility for Adoption - Reimbursement of Certain Expenses 1-8-101Education and Training Requirements - Judicial Personnel and District Attorneys 1-8-109Process for Conducting Background Checks, Fingerprinting, and Personal Care Applications - Limits on Number of Children a Person May Care for 1-8-102Court-Appointed Special Advocate - Training - Criminal History Records Search - Child Welfare Records Search - Immunity from Civil Liability 1-8-104Mileage of Witnesses - Reimbursement for Expert Witnesses 1-8-105Willful Violation of Court Order - Penalties 1-8-106Report of Missing Child or Issuance of Fingerprint Card 1-8-107Transportation of Child Subject to Deprived Proceeding 1-8-108Court Appointed Guardian Ad Litem of the Estate of a Child 1-9-102aSecure Database for Case Information - Purpose - Rules 1-8-110Falsification of Documents - Penalties 1-8-111Duty of the Department of Human Services to Provide Credit Report to Certain Children 1-8-112Prohibiting Requirement for Private Child-Placing Agency to Participate when Participation would Violate the Agency's Written Religious or Moral Convictions or Policies 1-8-113Qualified Residential Treatment Program - Third Party Protective Order 1-8-114Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation and Religious or Moral Beliefs 1-9-101Abuse and Neglect Reduction Services - Identification - Development 1-9-102Coordinated Multidisciplinary Team - Members - Functions - Meeting - Intervention - Duties 1-9-103Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Account 1-9-103aChild Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Account (CAMTA) Fund 1-9-103bChild Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Account (CAMTA) Fund - Administration - Purpose - Funds 1-9-104Allocation of Monies in Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Account - Reports - Disbursements - Carryover - Costs 1-9-104aAuthority of Commission to Contract with Providers 1-9-104bAuthority of Commission to Promulgate Rules 1-9-105Planning for New Programs, Services and Major Modifications - Evaluation - Monitoring - Review 1-9-106Kinship Foster Care Program 1-9-107Successful Adulthood Act - Purpose - Eligibility - Permanency Plan - Notice of Rights - Medicaid Coverage - Information About OHLAP 1-9-108Pilot Program to Serve Children at High Risk for Abuse and Neglect 1-9-109Incentive Compensation Program for Full-Time Child Welfare Specialists 1-9-110Community Based Services and Care - Procedures for Letting of Grants or Contracts - Proposals - Federal Grants 1-9-111Administration of Children's Facilities 1-9-112Grievance Procedures - Office of Client Advocacy 1-9-112.1Office of Client Advocacy Investigation Report - Statement of Findings 1-9-112aTransfer of the Office of Client Advocacy to the State Department of Health 1-9-113Shelter and Care for Minor Mother Who is Victim of Domestic Abuse - Emergency Situations - Show Cause Hearing 1-9-114Duty to Recruit Foster Parents From Relatives and Kin of Child - Ethnic and Racial Diversity Among Adoptive and Foster Families 1-9-115Promotion of Development of Foster Parent Associations 1-9-116Foster Care Education Program and Training 1-9-116.1Elimination of Liability for Foster Parents for Property Damage or Injuries in Certain Circumstances 1-9-117Report by Foster Parent to the Office of Advocate Defender Concerning Employee of Department or Child-placing Agency 1-9-118Written Agreement with Foster Care Placement Provider - Information Provided to Foster Parents - Supervision of Placed Children 1-9-119Statement of Foster Parent's Rights 1-9-119.1Statement of Child's Rights while Receiving Services from Child Welfare Services 1-9-120Grievance Procedures - Minimum Requirements - Maintenance of Records - Right to Present Grievances 1-9-121Declarations and Findings of Legislature 1-9-122Supported Guardianship 1-9-123Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking - Policies, Procedures, Protocols, and Reports 1-9-124Zero to Three Court Program 1-9-125Certification of Unaccompanied Status for Child Sixteen (16) Years of Age or Older to Obtain Housing 1-9-126Children in Foster Care - Provisions 1-10-101RepealedRepealed 1-10-102RepealedRepealed 1-10-103Child Welfare Review Committee for Death and Near Death of Disabled Children - Meetings - Members - Vacancies - Report