Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7510-1.4: Eligibility for adoption assistance - Factors for

determination.

A child may be determined by the Department of Human Services to

be eligible for adoption assistance pursuant to the Oklahoma

Adoption Assistance Act if, in accordance with rules promulgated by

the Commission for Human Services, the Department has determined

that:

1. The child cannot or should not be returned to the home of

his or her parents;

2. There exists a specific factor or condition because of which

it is reasonable to conclude that the child cannot be placed for

adoption without providing adoption assistance; and

3. A reasonable, but unsuccessful, effort has been made to

place the child with appropriate adoptive parents without providing

adoption assistance except when it would be against the best

interests of the child because of such factors including, but not

limited to, the existence of significant emotional ties with

prospective adoptive parents while the child was in the care of such

parents as a foster child.