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Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-305: Duties and powers of responding tribunal

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  2. Title 43

A. When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition

or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly

pursuant to subsection B of Section 601-301 of this title, it shall

cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner

where and when it was filed.

B. A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not

prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:

1. Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child

support order, determine the controlling child support order or

determine parentage of a child;

2. Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying

the amount and the manner of compliance;

3. Order income withholding;

4. Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method

of payment;

5. Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

6. Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

7. Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

8. Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the

obligor's current residential address, electronic mail address,

telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone

number at the place of employment;

9. Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after

proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and

enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for

criminal warrants;

10. Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by

specified methods;

11. Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs;

and

12. Grant any other available remedy.

C. A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a

support order issued pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family

Support Act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the

calculations on which the support order is based.

D. A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the

payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by

a party with provisions for visitation.

E. If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under

this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the

petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if

any.

F. If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or

judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a

responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in

the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the

applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

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