Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-7-112: Voluntary foster care placement

A. The Department of Human Services may accept a child into

voluntary foster care placement when requested by the parent having

legal custody of the child or when requested by a child residing in

foster care who reaches eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to

continue to reside in the foster care home pursuant to the

provisions of subsection B of this section.

B. 1. Any child may be accepted into voluntary foster care

placement with the Department.

2. The Department shall inform a parent considering voluntary

foster care placement of a child, or the child residing in foster

care who attains eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to continue

to reside in the foster care home, of the following as applicable:

a. a parent who enters a voluntary foster care placement

agreement may at any time request that the agency

return the child,

b. evidence gathered during the time the child is

voluntarily placed in foster care may be used at a

later time as the basis for a petition alleging that

the child is deprived, or as the basis for a petition

seeking termination of parental rights,

c. the timelines and procedures for voluntary foster care

placements.

3. Upon acceptance of a child into voluntary foster care

placement, the Department shall prepare a notice of placement signed

by the parent or the child residing in foster care who reaches

eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to continue to reside in the

foster care home.

4. A period of voluntary foster care placement pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall not exceed ninety (90) days except

as otherwise provided by the Department by rule.

5. Except as otherwise provided by this section or Section 1-4-

904 of this title, voluntary foster care placement pursuant to the

conditions and restrictions of this subsection shall not constitute

abandonment, or abuse or neglect as defined in the Oklahoma

Children's Code.

6. The Department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of

assessing parents for the full or partial cost of voluntary foster

care placement.