Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-40.7: Agreements with Indian tribes - Care and custody of

Indian children – Jurisdiction over child custody proceedings.

The Director of the Department of Human Services and the

Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs are authorized

to enter into agreements on behalf of the state with Indian tribes

in Oklahoma regarding care and custody of Indian children and

jurisdiction over child custody proceedings including agreements

which provide for orderly transfer of jurisdiction on a case by case

basis and agreements which provide for concurrent jurisdiction

between the state and the Indian tribe, as authorized by the Federal

Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. Section 1919. The State of

Oklahoma hereby ratifies all agreements in conformity with the

Federal Indian Child Welfare Act executed prior to the enactment of

this act, and any such agreement shall be enforceable in any case

filed or pending at the time that an agreement vesting concurrent

jurisdiction is entered into between the state and an Indian tribe.