Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-232: Public Welfare Commission - Notice and information to

district attorney.

It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission,

its director, its agents and employees, in all cases where

application is made for aid for neglected and dependent children to

ascertain as to whether or not the need for such aid arises from the

willful desertion or abandonment of said children by the person or

persons obligated by law to provide for said children, and if said

children are willfully abandoned or neglected by the person or

persons required by law to support said children, to report the same

to the district attorney of the county in which said children

reside, and to furnish the district attorney with the names of

witnesses and all information which they may have that the district

attorney may require for the purpose of prosecuting the person or

persons obligated by law to support such children under the criminal

statutes of this state, and to require the applicant to request the

district attorney of the county to file criminal charges against the

person or persons legally responsible for the support of such child

or children, and cooperate fully in prosecuting such charges to

completion when filed by the district attorney, within three (3)

months from the day of application in order to be eligible for

further assistance payments.