{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-6.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7505-6.4","heading":"Denial of petition for adoption","body":"\n\nA. If the court denies a petition for adoption or vacates a\n\ndecree of adoption, it shall dismiss the proceeding. If no\n\npreexisting custody order remains in effect, the court shall issue\n\nan appropriate order for the legal and physical custody of the minor\n\naccording to the best interests of the minor, if the court has\n\njurisdiction to issue a custody order.\n\nB. 1. If the court has jurisdiction to issue a custody order,\n\nthe court shall schedule a separate hearing to determine custody of\n\nthe minor. The court shall certify that the petitioner for adoption\n\nand each parent of the minor has received notice of the date of the\n\ncustody hearing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the\n\nhearing and that each biological parent who has signed a consent or\n\npermanent relinquishment has been served in the same manner as\n\nsummons is served in civil cases at least fifteen (15) days prior to\n\nthe date of the hearing. The petitioner for adoption shall be\n\nresponsible for serving any parent who has not entered an appearance\n\nin the adoption proceeding. If the Department of Human Services or\n\nany licensed child-placing agency had legal custody at the time the\n\npetition was filed, the petitioner shall notify the Department or\n\nagency of the date of the custody hearing.\n\n2. Upon motion to intervene, the court shall join any person\n\nentitled to notice under this subsection who is not already a party\n\nto the proceeding.\n\n3. At the hearing, the court may award custody to the\n\nbiological mother, the biological father, the biological parents, if\n\nthey are married, the prospective adoptive parents, or the\n\nDepartment or other licensed child-placing agency if the Department\n\nor agency had legal custody of the child at the time that the\n\npetition was filed, pursuant to Section 21.1 of this title, in the\n\nbest interests of the child.\n\n4. The child shall be represented at this hearing pursuant to\n\nSection 7505-1.2 of this title.","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":"535e115316c3afd1ef1b51f3b9c7552330006253b3039699de8930016fc18eb0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-6.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-6.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}