Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-711: Residency of obligee – Jurisdiction - Nonrecognition

of order.

A. A tribunal of this state may not modify a convention child

support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign

country where the support order was issued unless:

1. The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of

this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the

case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available

opportunity; or

2. The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise

jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support

order.

B. If a tribunal of this state does not modify a convention

child support order because the order is not recognized in this

state, subsection C of Section 601-708 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma

Statutes applies.