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Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-201: Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

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  2. Title 43

A. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or

to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may

exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the

individual's guardian or conservator if:

1. The individual is personally served with summons within this

state;

2. The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by

consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing

a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to

personal jurisdiction;

3. The individual resided with the child in this state;

4. The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal

expenses or support for the child;

5. The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or

directives of the individual;

6. The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state

and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;

7. The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative

father registry maintained in this state by the Oklahoma Department

of Human Services; or

8. There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions

of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal

jurisdiction.

B. The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection A

of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to

acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify

a child support order of another state unless the requirements of

Section 601-611 of this title are met, or, in the case of a foreign

support order, unless the requirements of Section 601-615 are met.

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