{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.2v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1116.2v2","heading":"Postadjudication review boards","body":"A. There is hereby established a postadjudication review board\n\nin each judicial district in the state. Members and alternate\n\nmembers of the postadjudication review boards shall be residents of\n\nor employed within the judicial district in which the board serves\n\nand shall be appointed by the Director of the Oklahoma Commission on\n\nChildren and Youth after consultation with judges in the judicial\n\ndistrict having juvenile docket responsibility. In the event of a\n\nconflict of interest or for any reason when circumstances dictate,\n\nthe Director may transfer the appointment decision to the Commission\n\nwhose decision shall be final. An aggrieved candidate may appeal a\n\ndecision of the Director denying appointment within five (5) days to\n\nthe Commission, whose decision shall be final. The Commission may\n\nestablish additional postadjudication review boards as needed for\n\neach county within a judicial district.\n\nB. A postadjudication review board for each judicial district\n\nshall consist of at least five (5) members. Alternate review board\n\nmembers may be appointed to serve in the absence of a regularly\n\nappointed board member. Alternate board members shall be appointed\n\nin the same manner as regularly appointed board members.\n\nC. Board members shall be appointed for a term of five (5)\n\nyears. Members shall serve after the expiration of their terms\n\nuntil their respective successors shall have been appointed.\n\nVacancies shall be filled for the duration of unexpired terms. The\n\nreview board members shall be appointed as follows:\n\n1. One member shall be a person who has training or experience\n\nin issues concerning child welfare, or a person who has demonstrated\n\nan interest in children through voluntary community service or\n\nprofessional activities;\n\n2. Whenever possible, at least one member of the board shall be\n\nan individual who has served as a foster parent, provided that no\n\nperson on the review board shall participate as a board member in\n\nany review hearing in which the person is a party; and\n\n3. No more than one person employed by any child welfare agency\n\nor juvenile court may be appointed to a board at the same time,\n\nprovided such person shall not participate in any review hearing in\n\nwhich the person is professionally involved.\n\nD. Each review board shall annually elect a chair and shall\n\nprovide the Commission with the contact information of the chair. A\n\nlist of the members of each local board and its officers shall be\n\nfiled with the Presiding Judge of the judicial district and each\n\njudge within the district having juvenile docket responsibility.\n\nE. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a person\n\nparticipating in a judicial proceeding as a postadjudication review\n\nboard member, a member of the State Postadjudication Review Advisory\n\nBoard created in Section 1116.6 of this title, or postadjudication\n\nreview board staff is acting in good faith. When acting in good\n\nfaith, a participant shall be immune from any civil liability that\n\nmight otherwise be incurred or imposed. Each review board shall\n\nmeet as often as is necessary at a place it designates to carry out\n\nthe duties of the board established by Section 1116.3 of this title.\n\nThe review board shall meet at least twice annually. Each review\n\nboard shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open\n\nMeeting Act, except that the actual case reviews shall be held in\n\nexecutive session. Upon request, members or prospective members of\n\nother review boards, students or researchers may observe, but not\n\nparticipate in, board meetings subject to conditions imposed by the\n\nboard. Further, members and staff of the State Postadjudication\n\nReview Advisory Board who are exercising their oversight\n\nresponsibilities pursuant to state law may observe, but not\n\nparticipate in, board meetings. All parties shall maintain\n\nconfidentiality, and the names of the children in placement shall\nmay observe, but not\n\nparticipate in, board meetings subject to conditions imposed by the\n\nboard. Further, members and staff of the State Postadjudication\n\nReview Advisory Board who are exercising their oversight\n\nresponsibilities pursuant to state law may observe, but not\n\nparticipate in, board meetings. All parties shall maintain\n\nconfidentiality, and the names of the children in placement shall\n\nnot be published. Temporary ad hoc review boards may be created in\n\ncounties in which there is no active review board. The Director of\n\nthe Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth may appoint active or\n\nalternate members of existing review boards to serve as members of\n\nlocal boards that are unable to meet quorum requirements and to\n\ntemporarily constitute members of a new board where no current board\n\nexists. A member appointed to temporary service shall be fully\n\nqualified as provided by law, and such service shall terminate when\n\nthe basis for the appointment is remedied or upon the order of the\n\nDirector.\n\nF. As a condition of service, members and alternates of a\n\npostadjudication review board shall attend the next available\n\norientation program after appointment to the board. Failure to\n\nattend an orientation program, at the discretion of the Commission,\n\nmay result in the removal of the board member. Members shall\n\nreceive additional training as required by the Commission.\n\nG. Members of postadjudication review boards shall serve\n\nwithout compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel and\n\ntraining expenses from monies appropriated by the Legislature for\n\nsuch purposes, as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nThe Commission shall provide members of postadjudication review\n\nboards with necessary operating supplies or members shall be\n\nreimbursed for these expenses.\n\nH. The Commission on Children and Youth shall be responsible\n\nfor developing procedures for the removal of a member from a\n\npostadjudication review board. The grounds for removal shall\n\ninclude but not be limited to:\n\n1. Failure to attend board meetings as required by the\n\nCommission;\n\n2. Engaging in illegal conduct involving moral turpitude;\n\n3. Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or\n\nmisrepresentation; or\n\n4. Wrongful disclosure of information as provided by Section\n\n1116.4 of this title.\n\nI. Necessary staff assistance required by the postadjudication\n\nreview boards may be provided by the bailiff or bailiffs, or other\n\nperson designated by the court, of the judges with juvenile docket\n\nresponsibility in the judicial district. Upon the request of the\n\npresiding judge, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may\n\nauthorize additional staff to be paid from local court funds to\n\nassist the review board.\n\nThe Administrative Director of the Courts may include such\n\nadditional funding requests in the annual budget for the courts as\n\nare necessary to provide staff and administrative support for the\n\nreview boards.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9fa85715ce6804678d3f25e99ccdc908da10b58a9e572c6aa26df971c4e4acc0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.2v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}