{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-2.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7503-2.1","heading":"Who may consent","body":"A. A minor may be adopted when there has been filed written\n\nconsent to adoption or a permanent relinquishment for adoption\n\nexecuted by:\n\n1. Both parents of the minor;\n\n2. One parent of the minor, alone, if:\n\na. the other parent is dead,\n\nb. the parental rights of the other parent have been\n\nterminated, or\n\nc. the consent of the other parent is otherwise not\n\nrequired pursuant to Section 7505-4.2 of this title;\n\n3. The legal guardian of the person of the minor or the\n\nguardian ad litem of the minor if both parents are dead or if the\n\nrights of the parents have been terminated by judicial proceedings,\n\nor the consent of both parents is otherwise not required pursuant to\n\nSection 7505-4.2 of this title, and such guardian or guardian ad\n\nlitem has authority by order of the court appointing the guardian to\n\nconsent to the adoption;\n\n4. The executive head of a licensed child-placing agency if:\n\na. the minor has been permanently relinquished to such\n\nagency by:\n\n(1) both parents, or\n\n(2) one parent alone if the other parent is dead, the\n\nparental rights of the other parent have been\n\nterminated, or the consent of the other parent is\n\notherwise not required pursuant to Section 7505-\n\n4.2 of this title, or\n\nb. the rights of both parents have been judicially\n\nterminated and custody of the minor has been legally\n\nvested in such agency with authority to consent to\n\nadoption of the minor; or\n\n5. Any person having legal custody of a minor by court order\n\nif:\n\na. the parental rights of both parents have been\n\njudicially terminated, and\n\nb. the court that issued the custody order for the minor\n\nhas consented to adoption and a certified copy of its\n\norder containing its consent is filed before the final\n\ndecree.\n\nB. 1. A parent of a minor born in wedlock or a parent who is\n\nsixteen (16) years of age or older shall be deemed capable of giving\n\nconsent to the adoption of a minor.\n\n2. If the parent of a minor born out of wedlock is under\n\nsixteen (16) years of age, that parent's consent to the adoption\n\nshall be deemed sufficient when:\n\na. given by such minor parent before a judge of the\n\ndistrict court, and\n\nb. accompanied by the written consent of:\n\n(1) the legal guardian of the minor parent,\n\n(2) the parents of the minor parent,\n\n(3) the parent having custody of the minor parent, if\n\nthe other parent of the minor parent is deceased\n\nor the parents of the minor parent are divorced,\n\nor\n\n(4) the person having physical custody of the minor\n\nparent, if both parents of the minor parent are\n\ndeceased, or\n\nc. accompanied by a finding of the court issuing the\n\ndecree of adoption, if consent cannot be secured from\n\nany individual whose consent is required by\n\nsubparagraph b of this paragraph, that:\n\n(1) either notice was given by mail by the court to\n\nsuch person directing the person to show cause at\n\na time appointed by the court, which shall be not\n\nless than ten (10) days from the date of mailing,\n\nwhy the adoption should not be granted without\n\nthe individual's consent, or that notice was\n\nwaived by the personal appearance of the\n\nindividual, and\nsubparagraph b of this paragraph, that:\n\n(1) either notice was given by mail by the court to\n\nsuch person directing the person to show cause at\n\na time appointed by the court, which shall be not\n\nless than ten (10) days from the date of mailing,\n\nwhy the adoption should not be granted without\n\nthe individual's consent, or that notice was\n\nwaived by the personal appearance of the\n\nindividual, and\n\n(2) the individual did not appear to contest the\n\nadoption, or the consent of the individual is\n\nunreasonably withheld.\n\nC. If a minor to be adopted is twelve (12) years of age or\n\nolder, the consent of the minor to the adoption is required in\n\naddition to the consents required by subsections A and B of this\n\nsection before a decree of adoption may be granted, unless the court\n\nmakes a finding that it is not in the best interest of the minor to\n\nrequire the minor's consent. The consent of the minor must be given\n\nbefore the court in such form as the court shall direct.\n\nD. 1. When consent for adoption is necessary for minors in the\n\ncustody of the Department of Human Services, the Director of the\n\nDepartment of Human Services or the designee of the Director may\n\ndesignate, authorize, and direct in writing an employee of the\n\nDepartment to appear in the court of the county in which said\n\nadoption proceedings are to be completed and to give written consent\n\nfor the adoption of such minor by the family whose application for\n\nadoption has been approved by the Department of Human Services; or\n\n2. The executive head of a licensed child-placing agency whose\n\nconsent is required for the adoption of a minor who is in the\n\ncustody of the licensed child-placing agency may designate,\n\nauthorize and direct in writing an employee of the agency to appear\n\nin the district court of the county in which the adoption\n\nproceedings are to be completed or before anyone authorized by law\n\nto take acknowledgements and to give written consent for the\n\nadoption of the minor.","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":"490c5aaee5bec9c324d72cd3597d9ada95b4204ea2faf802aa7ceacde8889443","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-1.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-2.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}