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Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-5-103: Time for filing petition - Briefing schedule –

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  2. 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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