{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-601","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-601","heading":"Adjudication hearing","body":"A. The court shall hold an adjudication hearing following the\n\nfiling of a petition alleging that a child is deprived. The hearing\n\nshall be held not more than ninety (90) calendar days following the\n\nfiling of the petition. The child and the child’s parents,\n\nguardian, or other legal custodian shall be entitled to not less\n\nthan twenty (20) days’ prior notice of the hearing.\n\nB. 1. The child shall be released from emergency custody in\n\nthe event the adjudication hearing is delayed beyond ninety (90)\n\ndays from the date the petition is filed unless the court issues a\n\nwritten order with findings of fact supporting a determination that:\n\na. there exists reasonable suspicion that the health,\n\nsafety, or welfare of the child would be in imminent\n\ndanger if the child were returned to the home, and\n\nb. there exists either an exceptional circumstance to\n\nsupport the continuance of the child in emergency\n\ncustody or the parties and the guardian ad litem, if\n\nany, agree to such continuance.\n\n2. If the adjudicatory hearing is delayed pursuant to this\n\nsubsection, the emergency custody order shall expire unless the\n\nhearing on the merits of the petition is held within one hundred\n\neighty (180) days after the actual removal of the child.\n\nC. The release of a child from emergency custody due to the\n\nfailure of an adjudication hearing being held within the time frame\n\nprescribed by this section shall not deprive the court of\n\njurisdiction over the child and the parties or authority to enter\n\ntemporary orders the court deems necessary to provide for the\n\nhealth, safety, and welfare of the child pending the hearing on the\n\npetition.\n\nD. At the adjudication hearing, if the court finds that it is\n\nin the best interest of the child, the court shall:\n\n1. Accept a stipulation by the child’s parent, guardian, or\n\nother legal custodian that the facts alleged in the petition are\n\ntrue and correct;\n\n2. Accept a stipulation by the child’s parent, guardian, or\n\nother legal custodian that if the state presented its evidence\n\nsupporting the truth of the factual allegations in the petition to a\n\ncourt of competent jurisdiction, such evidence would be sufficient\n\nto meet the state’s burden of proving by a preponderance of the\n\nevidence that the factual allegations are true and correct; or\n\n3. Conduct a nonjury trial to determine whether the state has\n\nmet its burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that\n\nthe factual allegations in the petition are true and correct.\n\nE. 1. A decision determining a child to be deprived in a\n\nnonjury trial shall be based on sworn testimony.\n\n2. The child, as a party to the proceeding, shall be given the\n\nopportunity to cross-examine witnesses and to present a case in\n\nchief if desired.","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":"544ed8259b602aeb8ea1a4a942e5ff38e54ea0ad6b594594878bf272bcca55ec","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-508","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}