{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-502","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-502","heading":"Jury trial","body":"A. A parent entitled to service of summons, the state or a\n\nchild shall have the right to demand a trial by jury on the sole\n\nissue of termination of parental rights only in the following\n\ncircumstances:\n\n1. When the initial petition to determine if a child is\n\ndeprived also contains a request for termination of parental rights\n\nin which case the court shall determine if the child should be\n\nadjudicated deprived and, if so, the jury shall determine if\n\nparental rights should be terminated; or\n\n2. When, following a hearing in which the child is adjudicated\n\ndeprived, a request for termination of parental rights is filed by\n\nthe state or the child.\n\nB. The demand for a jury trial shall be granted unless waived,\n\nor the court on its own motion may call a jury to try any\n\ntermination of parental rights case.\n\nC. 1. If the jury trial to determine whether parental rights\n\nshould be terminated is waived, the court shall issue a scheduling\n\norder within thirty (30) days. A bench trial shall commence within\n\nninety (90) days of the issuance of the scheduling order unless the\n\ncourt issues a written order with findings of fact supporting a\n\ndetermination that there exists an exceptional circumstance to\n\nsupport the delay or that the parties and the guardian ad litem, if\n\nany, agree to such continuance.\n\n2. Upon a demand for a trial by jury, the court shall issue a\n\nscheduling order within thirty (30) days. A jury trial shall\n\ncommence within six (6) months of the issuance of the scheduling\n\norder unless the court issues a written order with findings of fact\n\nsupporting a determination that there exists an exceptional\n\ncircumstance to support the delay or that the parties and the\n\nguardian ad litem, if any, agree to such continuance. The jury\n\nshall consist of six (6) persons. A party who requests a jury trial\n\nand fails to appear in person for such trial, after proper notice\n\nand without good cause, may be deemed by the court to have waived\n\nthe right to such jury trial, and the termination of parental rights\n\nshall be by nonjury trial unless another party demands a jury trial\n\nor the court determines on its own motion to try the case to a jury.","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":"c55bfa3320d3cd1909a4e6faf9251880550dfff9bdaf903824791f0bf94fee3d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-501","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}