{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-806","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-806","heading":"Trial reunification","body":"A. The court may order trial reunification by returning the\n\nchild to the care of the parent or legal guardian from whom the\n\nchild was removed and setting a date for review within six (6)\n\nmonths. At any time during trial reunification, when reunification\n\nappears successful, the court may return legal custody to the parent\n\nor legal guardian and relieve the Department of Human Services of\n\nlegal custody. If the court determines trial reunification should\n\nbe extended, the court shall set a new date for review. A child\n\nshall spend no longer than a total of twelve (12) months in trial\n\nreunification. Prior to trial reunification, the Department shall\n\nconduct a criminal background check of any adult in the home who is\n\nnot a parent, legal guardian, or custodian. The background check\n\nshall include inquiries into Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation\n\nand Federal Bureau of Investigation records for a national criminal\n\nhistory record check pursuant to the provisions of Section 150.9 of\n\nTitle 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nDuring trial reunification, the Department shall:\n\n1. Continue to have legal custody of the child, thereby\n\npermitting the Department to visit the child in the home of the\n\nparent, at school, in a child care facility, or any other setting\n\nthe Department deems necessary and appropriate;\n\n2. Continue to provide appropriate services to both the parent,\n\nif eligible, and the child during trial reunification;\n\n3. Terminate trial reunification and remove the child to foster\n\ncare, without court order or authorization, when necessary to\n\nprotect the child’s health, safety, or welfare; and\n\n4. Advise the court and parties within three (3) judicial days\n\nof the termination of trial reunification when terminated by the\n\nDepartment without a court order.\n\nB. 1. When trial reunification is terminated, whether by the\n\nDepartment or court order, the Department shall prepare a report for\n\nthe court which describes the circumstances of the child during\n\ntrial reunification period and recommends court orders, if any,\n\ndeemed appropriate to provide for the safety and stability of the\n\nchild.\n\n2. In the event trial reunification is terminated by the\n\nDepartment by removing the child to foster care without prior court\n\norder or authorization, the court shall conduct a hearing within\n\nfifteen (15) days of receiving notice of the termination of trial\n\nreunification by the Department and shall determine whether\n\ncontinuation of the child in the child’s home or with the child’s\n\ncaretaker is contrary to the welfare of the child and whether\n\nreasonable efforts were made to prevent the removal of the child\n\nfrom trial reunification.\n\nC. 1. If the court determines that supervision should continue\n\nafter twelve (12) months of trial reunification, the court may award\n\nlegal custody of the child to the parent or legal guardian with whom\n\nthe child has been reunited and order the Department to provide\n\nsupervision in accordance with the rules promulgated by the\n\nDepartment.\n\n2. The duration of the extended supervision shall not exceed\n\nsix (6) months except in circumstances the court deems appropriate\n\nand necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of the child.","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":"a8e9e49314b5ba488439f161ed827927bdb4c6aa39ca3cc978f8138cf5cfcb4c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-805","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-807"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}