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Rule 24. Family and Domestic Cases Pottawatomie County Only

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedLocal District Court RulesEffective: February 1, 2008

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Local District Court Rules
Rules of the Twenty-Third Judicial District [Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties]
Effective: February 1, 2008
OK 23 District Court Rule 24
Rule 24. Family and Domestic Cases Pottawatomie County Only
A. Family and Domestic Cases will be assigned by random assignment at the time of filing.
B. Applications for either, temporary restraining orders, emergency ex parte orders or writs should be made to the judge assigned to hear and decide such matters. If the application is granted, a subsequent show cause hearing will be scheduled by the assigned judge.
C. Any uncontested matter may be presented to a judge after first presenting the matter to the assigned judge.
D. Divorce, separate maintenance, or annulment in a case not involving minor children may be granted when the defendant is in default or has waived the time in which to plead. Such waiver must have been signed, acknowledged and filed at least one day after the filing on the petition. No divorce separate maintenance or annulment case shall be heard unless the petition shall have been on file at least ten (10) days. Cases may be heard before ten (10) days for good cause shown.
E. A final order shall not be entered in cases involving minor children until the case has been on file ninety (90) days or more, which may be waived by the Court for good cause shown, and without objection by either party.
F. The referral of a case to a judge other than the assigned judge for the granting of a divorce, conducting a hearing, trial, etc. shall not constitute a permanent reassignment of the case but shall be only for that limited purpose.

Credits

Adopted effective February 1, 2008.
Oklahoma 23rd District Court Rule 24, OK R 23 DIST CT Rule 24
Current with amendments received through April 15, 2024. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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