Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-2-102: Nominations of guardian

A. A guardian of the person or estate, or of both, of a child

born, or likely to be born, may be nominated by will or by other

written instrument, to take effect upon the death of the parent so

nominating:

1. If the child is born in wedlock, by either parent or by both

parents.

2. If the child is born out of wedlock, by the mother of the

child or by the natural father of the child, if said natural father

has acknowledged paternity pursuant to Section 55 of Title 10 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or has been judicially determined to be the father

of the child at a paternity proceeding pursuant to Section 70 of

Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both such mother and

father.

B. A nomination made by a parent who has relinquished parental

rights pursuant to an adoption proceeding or whose parental rights

have been terminated by a district court shall have no effect.

R.L. 1910, § 3326. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 329, § 26, eff. Dec. 1,

1988. Renumbered from § 6 of this title by Laws 1988, c. 329, §

134, eff. Dec. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 71, § 6, emerg.

eff. April 15, 1991.