{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1116.3","heading":"Advisory status of review boards - Duties and","body":"responsibilities.\n\nA. Postadjudication review boards shall function in an advisory\n\ncapacity to the district court.\n\nThe duties of a review board shall be to:\n\n1. Review the case of every adjudicated deprived child at least\n\nonce every six (6) months and submit to the court within ten (10)\n\ndays of any review hearing its findings and recommendations.\n\na. Such review shall include, but not be limited to,\n\nconsideration and evaluation of:\n\n(1) the appropriateness of the goals and objectives\n\nof the treatment and service plan,\n\n(2) the appropriateness and timeliness of the goals\n\nand objectives of the permanency plan, and\n\n(3) the appropriateness of the services provided to\n\nthe child, and to the parent, stepparent, or\n\nother adult living in the home of the child, or\n\nlegal guardian, or custodian.\n\nb. Reviews of cases and reports to the court shall be\n\nscheduled to ensure that the court receives the\n\nfindings and recommendations of the review board prior\n\nto each regularly scheduled six-month review of the\n\ncase by the court;\n\n2. Review the case of every child alleged to be deprived and\n\nheld in an out-of-home placement six (6) months after removal and\n\nevery six (6) months thereafter until adjudication occurs or the\n\nchild is released from out-of-home placement and submit to the court\n\nwithin ten (10) days of any scheduled hearing its findings and\n\nrecommendations. Such review shall include, but not be limited to,\n\nconsideration and evaluation of:\n\na. whether the continued out-of-home placement is in the\n\nbest interests of the child,\n\nb. the appropriateness of the placement, and\n\nc. in the absence of a court-ordered treatment and\n\nservice plan, the appropriateness of the services\n\nprovided to the child and any family members or other\n\nadult living in the home of the child;\n\n3. Review the case of every child adjudicated deprived pursuant\n\nto the laws of another state or territory, when the child is\n\ncurrently residing in Oklahoma and the Department of Human Services\n\nhas been notified of the change of residence by the other state or\n\nterritory and has agreed to provide services to the child pursuant\n\nto the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children or other\n\nagreement concerning the child. The Department shall notify the\n\nproper review board of the location of the child and shall provide\n\nsuch review board with information received from the other state\n\nconcerning the child and any reports made by the Department\n\nconcerning the child. The review board shall report its findings to\n\nthe Department and may report such findings to the agency or court\n\nin the state having jurisdiction for the custody of the child. The\n\nchild and the custodian of the child may be present at the review\n\nboard’s meeting regarding the child;\n\n4. If approved by the court, review the case of any juvenile\n\nadjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision. Such review shall\n\ninclude, but not be limited to, consideration and evaluation of:\n\na. the appropriateness of the placement,\n\nb. the appropriateness of the services provided to the\n\nchild and any family members or other adult living in\n\nthe home of the child, and\n\nc. the appropriateness of the goals and objectives of the\n\ntreatment and service plan; and\n\n5. Forward copies of the findings and recommendations of the\n\nreview board to the court having jurisdiction of the case, the\n\nparent or legal guardian, attorney representing the child, agency\n\nsupervising the case or legal custodian of the child and to any\n\nother party as determined by the court. It shall be the duty of the\n\ncourt clerk to ensure that all documents filed pertaining to the\n\ncase of an adjudicated child are properly noted and affixed in the\n\nfile of the child prior to the commencement of the review process by\n\nthe review board. The bailiff or bailiffs of the judges having\n\njuvenile docket responsibility within the district shall transmit\nher party as determined by the court. It shall be the duty of the\n\ncourt clerk to ensure that all documents filed pertaining to the\n\ncase of an adjudicated child are properly noted and affixed in the\n\nfile of the child prior to the commencement of the review process by\n\nthe review board. The bailiff or bailiffs of the judges having\n\njuvenile docket responsibility within the district shall transmit\n\nthe information necessary for the case reviews to the review board\n\nfor that district.\n\nB. The review board’s report of its findings and\n\nrecommendations shall be admitted into evidence in any dispositional\n\nhearing, and may be relied upon to the extent of its probative\n\nvalue, even though not competent for purposes of an adjudicatory\n\nhearing.\n\nC. A review board may solicit the attendance at its meetings of\n\npersons known to the board with information concerning the case of\n\nany child subject to its review. However, no employee of the Office\n\nof Juvenile Affairs shall be required to attend a review board\n\nmeeting.\n\nD. It shall be the duty of the court having jurisdiction of the\n\ncase to acknowledge the receipt of the recommendations of the review\n\nboard.\n\nE. A review board member may attend any court hearing\n\nconcerning the case of any child subject to review by the board.","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":"c5045e2002475c2608219b0f4625b1e927d46be01e6d64a23fff5a29716bcfb8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.2v2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}