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§ 601-704. Duties of Department of Human Services

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 43. Marriage and Family

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 43. Marriage and Family (Refs & Annos)
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Refs & Annos)
Article 7. Determination of Parentage
43 Okl.St.Ann. § 601-704
§ 601-704. Duties of Department of Human Services
A. In a support proceeding under this article, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services of this state shall:
1. Transmit and receive applications; and
2. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
B. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
1. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
2. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
3. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
4. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraphs 2, 4 or 9 of subsection B of Section 601-708 of this title;
5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
6. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
C. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
1. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
D. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.

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Laws 2015, c. 104, § 55, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 148, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
43 Okl. St. Ann. § 601-704, OK ST T. 43 § 601-704
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 3 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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