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Rule PR 5. Uncontested and Contested Adoption Matters

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Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Local District Court Rules
Rules of the Fourteenth Judicial District [Tulsa and Pawnee Counties]
Probate Rules
Fourteenth Judicial District Court Rule PR 5
Rule PR 5. Uncontested and Contested Adoption Matters
Currentness
All adoption matters are assigned to the Probate Judge.
A. The Judge shall have a Court Reporter present to make a record and transcribe all adoption consents and relinquishments of parental rights pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code as amended November 1997.
The Court will not take any consents unless an attorney for the adoptive parties is present to ask the appropriate questions for the record and to make arrangements to pay the Court Reporter for the preparation of a transcript to be filed in the case as required.
B. All contested matters which may result in a Final Decree of Adoption shall be heard by the Probate Judge after special setting. Contested Adoptions, AWOCs, and Terminations of Parental Rights shall be set for hearing on a date certain upon proper statutory notice being given.

Credits

[Adopted effective February 6, 2003.]
Fourteenth Judicial District Court Rule PR 5, OK R 14 DIST CT Rule PR 5
Current with amendments received through April 15, 2024. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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