§ 7505-6.2. Filings required prior to final hearing
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10. Children
10 Okl.St.Ann. § 7505-6.2
§ 7505-6.2. Filings required prior to final hearing
6. In an adoptive placement in which the adoptive parents or birth parents were not both legal residents of Oklahoma prior to the initiation of the adoption process and the parties are not otherwise exempt from the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children,1 a copy of the approval by both the sending state and receiving state pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children;
8. A verified document by the Department, or child-placing agency that placed the minor for adoption, or the attorney for the adoptive parent in direct placement adoption, or the person who is placing the minor for adoption in a direct placement adoption in which the adoptive parent is not represented by an attorney, stating that the petitioner for adoption has been furnished a copy of the medical and social history report, pursuant to Section 7504-1.2 of this title;
13. a. A copy of the state criminal background check, national fingerprint-based criminal background check, if required by the provisions of the Oklahoma Adoption Code, a search of the Department of Corrections' files maintained pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act,2 and a search of the child abuse and neglect files maintained for review by authorized entities by the Department of Human Services pursuant to the Oklahoma Child Abuse Reporting and Prevention Act,3 or
b. If the adoptive petitioners are not legal residents of Oklahoma and the sending state has comparable and accessible checks and searches as specified by subparagraph a of this paragraph, a copy of the approval of both the sending state and receiving state pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children or verification that this adoptive placement is otherwise exempt from the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; and
Credits
Laws 1997, c. 366, § 34, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 415, § 25, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 434, § 9, emerg. eff. June 8, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 445, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
Footnotes
Title 10, § 571 et seq.
Title 57, § 581 et seq.
Title 10, § 7101 et seq. [Repealed and Renumbered.], see now Title 10A, § 1-2-101 et seq.
10 Okl. St. Ann. § 7505-6.2, OK ST T. 10 § 7505-6.2
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 316 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document |