{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-6.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7505-6.3","heading":"Application for final decree - Waiver of","body":"interlocutory decree and waiting period - Notice of hearing -\n\nAppearance - Entry of final decree.\n\nA. After six (6) months from the date of the interlocutory\n\ndecree unless the court waived all or part of the waiting period,\n\nthe petitioners may apply to the court for a final decree of\n\nadoption. The court shall thereupon set a time and place for final\n\nhearing.\n\nB. If the minor is related by blood to one of the petitioners,\n\nor is a stepchild of the petitioner, or the court finds that the\n\nbest interests of the child will be furthered thereby, the court,\n\nafter examination of the home study reports required by Section\n\n7505-5.1 or 7505-5.2 of this title, may waive the entry of an\n\ninterlocutory decree and the waiting period of six (6) months or the\n\nbalance of the waiting period provided in this section.\n\nC. Notice of the time and date of the hearing shall be served\n\nat least ten (10) days prior to the hearing upon any parent whose\n\nparental rights have not been terminated, unless that parent has\n\nproperly executed a consent to the adoption or a permanent\n\nrelinquishment pursuant to Sections 7503-2.3, 7503-2.4 and 7503-2.6\n\nof this title or has waived the right to notice pursuant to Section\n\n7503-3.1 of this title. Notice of the hearing shall also be served\n\non the child-placing agency or the Department of Human Services in\n\nthose cases where the child-placing agency or Department has\n\noriginal custody, or performed a home study.\n\nD. The petitioners and child shall appear at the hearing on the\n\napplication for final decree, unless the presence of the child is\n\nwaived by the court.\n\nE. The final hearing is not required to be recorded by a court\n\nreporter. Upon the request of any party, the court shall direct\n\nthat the hearing be recorded by the court reporter, or the court may\n\norder on its own initiative that the hearing be recorded.\n\nF. The court may enter a final decree of adoption, if the court\n\nis satisfied that the adoption is in the best interests of the\n\nchild.\n\nG. For purposes of this subsection, the State of Oklahoma\n\nelects to make subparagraph (A) of paragraph 20 of subsection 3 of\n\nSection 471(a) of the Social Security Act (Public Law 105-89)\n\ninapplicable to Oklahoma. Instead, the State of Oklahoma requires\n\nthat:\n\n1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a\n\nprospective adoptive parent shall not be approved for placement of a\n\nchild if the petitioners or any other person residing in the home of\n\nthe petitioners has been convicted of any of the following felony\n\noffenses:\n\na. within the five-year period preceding the date of the\n\npetition, physical assault, domestic abuse, battery or\n\na drug-related offense, except as otherwise authorized\n\nby this subsection,\n\nb. child abuse or neglect,\n\nc. a crime against a child, including, but not limited\n\nto, child sexual abuse material, and\n\nd. a crime involving violence, including, but not limited\n\nto, rape, sexual assault or homicide, but excluding\n\nphysical assault or battery.\n\n2. A prospective adoptive parent may be an approved placement\n\nregardless of whether such parent has been convicted of any of the\n\nfelony offenses specified by subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of this\n\nsubsection, if an evaluation has been made and accepted by the court\n\nwhich considers the nature and seriousness of the crime in relation\n\nto the adoption, the time elapsed since the commission of the crime,\n\nthe circumstances under which the crime was committed, the degree of\n\nrehabilitation, the number of crimes committed by the person\n\ninvolved, and a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the\n\nchild will not be at risk by such placement.\n\nH. Under no circumstances shall a child be placed in the\n\ncustody of an individual subject to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act or an individual who is married to or living with\n\nan individual subject to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration\n\nAct.","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":"836c86d8a08a52ecbb8232404b39ca1cd8cd102be583962c8dc0e9fcffef1b97","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-6.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-6.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}