Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-5-103: Time for filing petition - Briefing schedule –
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- OK Code
- Title 10A
Priority basis expediting of adjudication.
A. All appeals of cases involving deprived or allegedly
deprived children, including termination of parental rights, shall
be initiated by filing a petition in error in the Supreme Court
within thirty (30) days of the order appealed from. The record on
appeal shall be completed within sixty (60) days from the date of
the order.
B. The briefing schedule is established as follows:
1. Appellant's brief in chief shall be filed twenty (20) days
after the trial court clerk notifies all parties that the record is
complete and such notice has been filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Supreme Court;
2. Appellee's answer brief shall be filed fifteen (15) days
after the appellant's brief in chief is filed; and
3. Appellant's reply brief may be filed within ten (10) days
after the appellee's answer brief is filed.
C. 1. Adjudication of the appeals described in this section
shall be expedited by the Supreme Court and a decision shall be
rendered on a priority basis in all cases.
2. The term “priority basis” as used in this section means that
a decision shall be filed within six (6) months from the date the
briefing is completed.
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