An act relating to marriage, the official text

1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 2732               By: McCane

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6                               AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to marriage; amending 43 O.S. 2021,

    Section 105, which relates to dissolution of

8   marriage; directing the Oklahoma Bar Association to

    prepare standard forms; directing the Administrative

9   Office of the Courts to provide access to forms;

    providing that standardized forms are not required;

10  and providing an effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  43 O.S. 2021, Section 105, is

15 amended to read as follows:

16  Section 105. A. A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, an

17 annulment of a marriage, or a legal separation shall be titled "In

18 re the Marriage of _______ and ______".

19  B. The initial pleading in all proceedings under this title

20 shall be denominated a petition. The person filing the petition

21 shall be called the petitioner. A responsive pleading shall be

22 denominated a response. The person filing the responsive pleading

23 shall be called the respondent. Other pleadings shall be

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1 denominated as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, except as

2 otherwise provided in this section.

3   C. The petition must be verified as true, by the affidavit of

4 the petitioner.

5   D. A summons may issue thereon, and shall be served, or

6 publication made, as in other civil cases.

7   E. Wherever it occurs in this title or in any other title of

8 the Oklahoma Statutes or in any forms or court documents prepared

9 pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Statutes, the term

10 "divorce" shall mean and be deemed to refer to a "dissolution of

11 marriage" unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires.

12  F. Standard forms sufficient to meet the statutory requirements

13 of this section and any other relevant sections in this title to

14 complete a divorce proceeding shall be prepared by the Oklahoma Bar

15 Association in plain and understandable language. The

16 Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide public access to

17 the forms by providing a link on the Oklahoma State Courts Network.

18 Such standardized forms shall not be required to be used in any

19 proceeding.

20  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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22  60-1-12169      CMA  01/08/25

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