{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-3.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7503-3.2","heading":"Notice of filing of paternity action by putative","body":"father.\n\nA. 1. If a putative father files a paternity action after\n\nreceiving notice of or having knowledge of a potential adoption, the\n\nputative father shall notify the attorney for the petitioner for\n\nadoption or the child-placing agency that is placing the minor for\n\nadoption that the paternity action has been filed, including, but\n\nnot limited to:\n\na. the name of the court,\n\nb. the case number, and\n\nc. the date of filing.\n\n2. If the name or location of the attorney for the petitioner\n\nfor adoption or the child-placing agency placing the minor for\n\nadoption cannot be ascertained by the putative father, the putative\n\nfather shall notify the petitioner for adoption. If the petitioner\n\nfor adoption is also unknown to the putative father, the putative\n\nfather shall notify the Paternity Registry of the Department of\n\nHuman Services.\n\nB. Upon a motion of the prospective adoptive parent, the court\n\nhaving jurisdiction over the paternity action, if it is filed in a\n\ncourt of this state, shall allow the prospective adoptive parent to\n\nintervene in the paternity action and have the opportunity to be\n\nheard and seek custody and/or visitation. If a proceeding for\n\nadoption or for termination of parental rights of the putative\n\nfather and a paternity action by the putative father regarding the\n\nsame minor are both pending in the courts of this state, upon motion\n\nof any party, the court having jurisdiction over the paternity\n\naction shall transfer the paternity proceeding to the court in which\n\nthe adoption or termination proceeding is pending, whereupon the two\n\nproceedings may be considered.","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":"a892e00694f519f8a0973065f3d45ac659297c197e39f88ccebfc5edacf86d3e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-3.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7503-4.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}