{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-715","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-715","heading":"Family drug court judge - Powers","body":"A. The family drug court judge shall make all judicial\n\ndecisions concerning any case assigned to the family drug court\n\ndocket or program. The judge shall require progress reports and a\n\nperiodic review of each family during their period of participation\n\nin the family drug court program or for purposes of collecting costs\n\nand fees after completion of the treatment portion of the program.\n\nReports from the treatment providers and the supervising staff shall\n\nbe presented to the drug court judge as specified by the treatment\n\nplan or as ordered by the court.\n\nB. The judge may establish a regular schedule for progress\n\nhearings for any family in the family drug court program. The\n\ndistrict attorney, the Department of Human Services, the child or\n\nchildren and family, including any adult who resides in the home\n\nwith the child or children, the attorney for the child or children\n\nand family, including any adult who resides in the home with the\n\nchild or children, and the treatment provider shall be required to\n\nattend regular progress hearings, and shall be required to be\n\npresent upon the motion of any party to a family drug court case.\n\nC. The treatment provider, the supervising staff, the district\n\nattorney, the Department of Human Services, and the attorney for the\n\nchild or children and family shall be allowed access to all\n\ninformation in the family drug court case file of the child or\n\nchildren and all information presented to the judge during any\n\nfamily drug court hearing.\n\nD. 1. The family drug court judge shall recognize relapses and\n\nrestarts in the program which are considered to be part of the\n\nrehabilitation and recovery process.\n\n2. The family drug court judge shall order progressively\n\nincreasing sanctions or provide incentives, rather than removing the\n\nfamily from the program when relapse occurs, except when the conduct\n\nof the child or children or family requires removal from the\n\nprogram.\n\n3. Any removal from the family drug court program shall require\n\nnotice to the child or children and family and other participating\n\nparties in the case and a hearing.\n\n4. At any family drug court hearing, if the child or children\n\nor an adult responsible for the health and welfare of the child or\n\nchildren is found to have violated the conditions of the treatment\n\nplan and disciplinary sanctions have been insufficient to gain\n\ncompliance, the child or children and family shall be removed from\n\nthe program, and the child or children shall be returned to the\n\nregular deprived court docket and set for redisposition or\n\npermanency hearing.\n\nE. Upon application of any participating party to a family drug\n\ncourt case, the judge may modify a family drug court treatment plan\n\nat any hearing when it is determined that the treatment is not\n\nbeneficial to the child or children. The primary objective of the\n\njudge in monitoring the progress of the child or children, the\n\nfamily and the family drug court treatment plan shall be to keep the\n\nchild or children and family in treatment for a sufficient time to\n\nchange behaviors and attitudes. Modification of the treatment plan\n\nrequires a consultation with the treatment provider, supervising\n\nstaff, district attorney, the Department of Human Services, the\n\nattorney for the child or children and the attorney for the family\n\nin open court.\n\nF. The family drug court judge shall be authorized to modify\n\nthe family drug court treatment plan of any person responsible for\n\nthe health and welfare of the child or children and any adult\n\nresiding with the child or children for noncompliance with any\n\ncondition established by the court. The family drug court judge is\n\nalso authorized to sanction the person responsible for the health\n\nand welfare of the child or children or any adult residing with the\n\nchild or children for noncompliance of such person with any\n\ncondition established in the court.","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":"dfd4234c98e9061fe2df71278fbd82211be2ab41fab0d2c5fc43b1f15fba0206","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-714","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-716"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}