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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 970 By: Weaver
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to child custody; requiring notice to
6 custodial parent of in-patient treatment of
7 noncustodial parent; providing for codification; and
7 providing an effective date.
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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11 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-107b of Title 43A, unless
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13 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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14 A custodial parent under a court order entered pursuant to the
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15 provisions of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall receive notice
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16 from the noncustodial parent, or the noncustodial parent's
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17 representative if such parent is unable, if the noncustodial parent
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18 is unable to comply with court-ordered visitation or any other
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19 court-ordered requirement because he or she is receiving in-patient
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20 treatment at a facility within the Department of Mental Health and
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21 Substance Abuse Services or a facility certified by the Department.
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22 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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24 60-1-1119 TEK 1/19/2025 5:46:57 AM
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