{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-702","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-702","heading":"Deprived child - Paternity - Support","body":"A. 1. When paternity of an alleged or adjudicated deprived\n\nchild has not been established, the court, within six (6) months\n\nafter the filing of a deprived petition, shall either establish\n\npaternity or defer the issue of paternity establishment to the\n\nappropriate administrative or district court for any child for whom\n\npaternity has not been legally established according to the Uniform\n\nParentage Act.\n\n2. When paternity is at issue, an alleged father and mother of\n\nthe child named in a deprived petition shall be given notice in the\n\npetition and summons that paternity may be established in the\n\ndeprived action. Oklahoma Child Support Services shall proceed with\n\npaternity establishment for any case deferred to the administrative\n\nor other district court division under this subsection.\n\n3. After the establishment of paternity, the court shall\n\naddress current child support pursuant to subsection B of this\n\nsection. In addition, the court may:\n\na. order the father to pay child support for past months\n\nwhen no child support order was in effect according to\n\nthe provisions of Section 83 of Title 10 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or\n\nb. reserve or refer the issue of prior support to\n\nOklahoma Child Support Services.\n\n4. The order establishing paternity shall be filed as a\n\nseparate document and shall not be confidential. The court clerk of\n\nthe district court where the paternity order has been filed shall\n\nprovide, upon request, a copy of the order establishing paternity to\n\na representative of Oklahoma Child Support Services. A court order\n\nfor the release of the order establishing paternity or other\n\ninformation contained in the court record pertaining to paternity\n\nand child support shall not be required. The order may be captioned\n\nwith a different case style in order to establish and enforce a\n\nchild support order in an action other than the deprived proceeding.\n\nB. 1. Each parent of any child named in a deprived petition\n\nshall be given notice in the petition and summons that child support\n\nmay be ordered or modified in the deprived action.\n\n2. Within six (6) months after the filing of a deprived\n\npetition, the court shall address the issue of child support or\n\ndefer the issue of establishment or enforcement of child support to\n\nthe appropriate administrative or district court. Oklahoma Child\n\nSupport Services shall proceed with the establishment or enforcement\n\nof child support orders for any case deferred to the administrative\n\nor other district court division under this subsection; provided,\n\nOklahoma Child Support Services shall enforce all child support\n\norders entered by the court.\n\n3. a. If there is an existing order for child support, the\n\nexisting order shall remain in effect unless the court\n\nfinds the existing order is not in the best interests\n\nof the child or children involved.\n\nb. The court shall use the child support guidelines as\n\nprovided for in Sections 118 and 119 of Title 43 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes in determining the amount each\n\nparent is to pay for care and maintenance of a child\n\nand issue an order describing the finding of the\n\ncourt.\n\nc. The court may deviate from the child support\n\nguidelines when it is determined necessary in order\n\nfor the parent to meet the obligations of a court-\n\nimposed individualized service plan or for other\n\nreasons as the court deems appropriate. If the court\n\ndeviates from the amount of child support indicated by\n\nthe child support guidelines, the court shall make\n\nspecific findings of fact supporting such action.\n\nd. Each parent shall be individually ordered to pay his\n\nor her percentage of the total monthly child support\n\nobligation including parents who reside together.\n\ne. The court shall order the parent to provide medical\n\ninsurance whenever the parent has insurance available\n\nthrough employment or other group plan, regardless of\n\nion.\n\nd. Each parent shall be individually ordered to pay his\n\nor her percentage of the total monthly child support\n\nobligation including parents who reside together.\n\ne. The court shall order the parent to provide medical\n\ninsurance whenever the parent has insurance available\n\nthrough employment or other group plan, regardless of\n\nwhether insurance is available at the time the order\n\nis entered.\n\nf. The child support order shall contain an immediate\n\nincome assignment provision pursuant to Section 115 of\n\nTitle 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\ng. A child support computation form as provided for in\n\nSection 120 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall\n\nbe completed by the court, counsel of record, or may\n\nbe referred to Oklahoma Child Support Services for\n\ncompletion. Upon being signed by the judge, the\n\ncomputation form shall be incorporated as a part of\n\nthe child support order.\n\nh. (1) A standard child support order form shall be used\n\nin the deprived action. The form shall be\n\nprescribed by Oklahoma Child Support Services and\n\nshall be published by the Administrative Office\n\nof the Courts.\n\n(2) The child support order shall be filed as a\n\nseparate document and shall not be confidential.\n\n(3) The court clerk of the district court where the\n\nchild support order has been filed shall provide,\n\nupon request, a copy of the support order to a\n\nrepresentative of Oklahoma Child Support\n\nServices. A court order for the release of the\n\nchild support order or other information\n\ncontained in the court record pertaining to child\n\nsupport shall not be required.\n\n(4) The order may be captioned with a different case\n\nstyle in order to enforce the child support order\n\nin an action other than the deprived proceeding.\n\ni. The child support order may be modified upon a\n\nmaterial change in circumstances.\n\nj. The child support order may be enforced by any method\n\nallowed by law.\n\nk. After a deprived action is dismissed, the most recent\n\nchild support order entered in the deprived action\n\nshall remain in full force and effect, unless the\n\njudge presiding over the deprived action orders\n\notherwise. If there was no prior administrative or\n\ndistrict court case, the deprived action child support\n\norder shall be docketed and filed in a new district\n\ncourt family division action and enforced for current\n\nchild support and arrearages. If the judge presiding\n\nover the deprived action modified a preexisting child\n\nsupport order or if there was an existing\n\nadministrative or district court case, the child\n\nsupport order entered in the deprived action shall be\n\nfiled in the existing case and enforced for current\n\nchild support and arrearages. The child support order\n\nmay be modified after being docketed in district\n\ncourt.\n\nC. All child support payments shall be paid through the\n\nOklahoma Centralized Support Registry as provided for in Section 413\n\nof Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. When a child’s custody is changed from one parent or\n\ncaretaker to another pursuant to the Oklahoma Children’s Code, the\n\nchange in custody shall transfer child support payments to the new\n\ncaretaker unless the caretaker is receiving foster care payments or\n\nTemporary Assistance to Needy Families payments for the care of the\n\nchild. Child support payments to the caretaker shall terminate when\n\nthe child no longer resides with the caretaker.\n\nE. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules\n\nnecessary to implement the provisions of this section.","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":"873e6f2f0aa3241573a608c980ef2cb676b004590c5321c342b25dbad79147f0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-701","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}