{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7502-1.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7502-1.4","heading":"Foreign adoptions","body":"A. The courts of this state shall recognize a decree, judgment,\n\nor final order creating the relationship of parent and child by\n\nadoption, issued by a court or other governmental authority with\n\nappropriate jurisdiction in a foreign country or in another state or\n\nterritory of the United States. The rights and obligations of the\n\nparties as to matters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be\n\ndetermined as though the decree, judgment, or final order were\n\nissued by a court of this state. Except that, this state, any of\n\nits agencies, or any court of this state shall not recognize an\n\nadoption by more than one individual of the same sex from any other\n\nstate or foreign jurisdiction.\n\nB. An adoptive parent of a minor adopted outside of the United\n\nStates with a decree, judgment or final order issued by a court or\n\nother governmental authority with appropriate jurisdiction in a\n\nforeign country may present the decree, judgment, or final order or\n\npresent proof that the minor has United States citizenship to the\n\ncourt in combination with a petition for a name change. Upon\n\npresentation of a decree, judgment, or final order or if the minor\n\npresents proof of United States citizenship, the court shall order\n\nthe State Registrar to prepare a supplementary certificate of birth\n\nfor the child as provided for in Section 7505-6.6 of this title,\n\nunless good cause is shown why the certificate should not be issued.\n\nC. A minor born outside of the United States without a decree,\n\njudgment, or final adoption order issued by a court or other\n\ngovernmental authority with appropriate jurisdiction in a foreign\n\ncountry may be adopted in Oklahoma if one or both of the petitioners\n\nfor adoption are citizens of Oklahoma and the minor is residing in\n\nOklahoma at the time the petition for adoption is filed.\n\nD. An adoptive parent of a minor adopted outside of the United\n\nStates may petition to readopt the minor under Oklahoma law, if one\n\nor both of the petitioners are citizens of Oklahoma and the minor is\n\nresiding in Oklahoma at the time the petition for adoption is filed.\n\nE. A proceeding to adopt a minor born outside of the United\n\nStates as provided for in subsection C of this section shall proceed\n\npursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code, with the following\n\nprovisions:\n\n1. The court may grant a decree of adoption without requiring\n\nnotice to the biological parent and without requiring the consent of\n\nthe biological parent, if the petitioner files with the petition for\n\nadoption a copy of the termination of parental rights granted by a\n\njudicial, administrative, or executive body of the country of\n\norigin, or a document or documents from such a governmental body\n\nstating that the biological parent has consented to the adoption, or\n\nstating that the parental rights of the biological parent of the\n\nminor have been terminated, or stating that the minor to be adopted\n\nhas been relinquished by the biological parent or stating that the\n\nminor has been abandoned. Any document in a foreign language shall\n\nbe translated into English by the Department of State or by a\n\ntranslator who shall certify the accuracy of the translation, and a\n\ncopy of the translation and certification shall be filed with the\n\ncourt along with a copy of the original documents;\n\n2. If a minor born outside of the United States is in the legal\n\ncustody of a child-placing agency at the time that the petition for\n\nadoption is filed, notice of the proceedings shall be given to the\n\nchild-placing agency prior to the hearing on the petition, and the\n\nconsent of the child-placing agency to the adoption shall be\n\nobtained pursuant to Section 7503-2.1 of this title prior to the\n\ngranting of the decree of adoption; and\n\n3. The court may waive the issuance of an interlocutory decree\n\nof adoption and the waiting period of six (6) months provided in\n\nSections 7505-6.1 and 7505-6.3 of this title, and grant a final\nthe hearing on the petition, and the\n\nconsent of the child-placing agency to the adoption shall be\n\nobtained pursuant to Section 7503-2.1 of this title prior to the\n\ngranting of the decree of adoption; and\n\n3. The court may waive the issuance of an interlocutory decree\n\nof adoption and the waiting period of six (6) months provided in\n\nSections 7505-6.1 and 7505-6.3 of this title, and grant a final\n\ndecree of adoption, if:\n\na. the minor has been in the home of petitioner for at\n\nleast six (6) months prior to the filing of the\n\npetition for adoption, and\n\nb. a postplacement report has been submitted to the\n\ncourt.","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":"c5ebc6c022d460f0f803c32477c92b27b0998ddebafa0ec76dc2c34b0757525b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7502-1.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}