Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7503-3.2: Notice of filing of paternity action by putative
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father.
A. 1. If a putative father files a paternity action after
receiving notice of or having knowledge of a potential adoption, the
putative father shall notify the attorney for the petitioner for
adoption or the child-placing agency that is placing the minor for
adoption that the paternity action has been filed, including, but
not limited to:
a. the name of the court,
b. the case number, and
c. the date of filing.
2. If the name or location of the attorney for the petitioner
for adoption or the child-placing agency placing the minor for
adoption cannot be ascertained by the putative father, the putative
father shall notify the petitioner for adoption. If the petitioner
for adoption is also unknown to the putative father, the putative
father shall notify the Paternity Registry of the Department of
Human Services.
B. Upon a motion of the prospective adoptive parent, the court
having jurisdiction over the paternity action, if it is filed in a
court of this state, shall allow the prospective adoptive parent to
intervene in the paternity action and have the opportunity to be
heard and seek custody and/or visitation. If a proceeding for
adoption or for termination of parental rights of the putative
father and a paternity action by the putative father regarding the
same minor are both pending in the courts of this state, upon motion
of any party, the court having jurisdiction over the paternity
action shall transfer the paternity proceeding to the court in which
the adoption or termination proceeding is pending, whereupon the two
proceedings may be considered.
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