{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-205","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-205","heading":"Records of child in protective custody – Petition –","body":"Hearings – Order providing for removal of a child.\n\nA. The office of the district attorney and the Department of\n\nHuman Services shall maintain records concerning a child in\n\nprotective custody who is released prior to the emergency custody\n\nhearing. The records shall describe the reason for such release.\n\nB. 1. A petition for a deprived child proceeding shall be\n\nfiled and a summons issued within seven (7) judicial days from the\n\ndate the child is taken into custody unless, upon request of the\n\ndistrict attorney at the emergency custody hearing, the court\n\ndetermines there are compelling reasons to grant additional time for\n\nthe filing of the petition for a period of time not to exceed\n\nfifteen (15) calendar days from the assumption of custody.\n\n2. If a petition is not filed as required by this subsection,\n\nthe emergency custody order shall expire. The district attorney\n\nshall submit for filing in the court record a written record\n\nspecifying the reasons why the petition was not filed and specifying\n\nto whom the child was released.\n\nC. The court may hold additional hearings at such intervals as\n\nmay be determined necessary by the court to provide for the health,\n\nsafety, or welfare of the child.\n\nD. In scheduling hearings, the court shall give priority to\n\nproceedings in which a child is in emergency custody.\n\nE. An order of the court providing for the removal of a child\n\nalleged to be deprived from the home of the child shall not be\n\nentered unless the court makes a determination:\n\n1. That continuation of the child in the child’s home is\n\ncontrary to the health, safety, or welfare of the child; and\n\n2. As to whether or not reasonable efforts were made to prevent\n\nthe need for the removal of the child from the child’s home; or\n\n3. As to whether or not an absence of efforts to prevent the\n\nremoval of the child from the child’s home is reasonable because the\n\nremoval is due to an alleged emergency and is for the purpose of\n\nproviding for the health, safety, or welfare of the child; or\n\n4. That reasonable efforts to provide for the return of the\n\nchild to the child’s home are not required pursuant to Section 1-4-\n\n809 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided, however, upon\n\nsuch determination, the court shall inform the parent that a\n\npermanency hearing will be held within thirty (30) days from the\n\ndetermination.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2760fd80eb1dd61a0c4142819b6ef88c5f785b29ce265cec7c29e5cd6b1611ac","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-204","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}