{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-807","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-807","heading":"Review hearing","body":"A. 1. Every case regarding a child alleged or adjudicated to\n\nbe deprived shall be reviewed by the court at a hearing no later\n\nthan six (6) months from the date of the child's removal from the\n\nhome and at least once every six (6) months thereafter until\n\npermanency is achieved or the court otherwise terminates\n\njurisdiction except as otherwise set forth in paragraph 2 of this\n\nsubsection. A review hearing may be held concurrently with a\n\npermanency hearing.\n\n2. When the Department of Human Services has documented a\n\ncompelling reason why a petition to terminate parental rights to a\n\nchild is not in the best interests of the child that is based upon a\n\nconsideration that the child is presently not capable of functioning\n\nin a family setting, the court shall reevaluate the status of the\n\nchild every ninety (90) days until there is a final determination\n\nthat the child cannot be placed in a family setting.\n\n3. At any time during the pendency of the case, any party may\n\nrequest the court to review the case. If granted, the requesting\n\nparty shall serve notice on all parties of the date and time of the\n\nhearing.\n\nB. If a foster parent, group home, preadoptive parent, or\n\nrelative is currently providing care for a child, the Department\n\nshall give the foster parent, group home, preadoptive parent, or\n\nrelative notice of a proceeding concerning the child. A foster\n\nparent, group home representative, preadoptive parent, or relative\n\nproviding care for a child has the right to be heard at the\n\nproceeding. Except when allowed to intervene, the foster parent,\n\ngroup home, preadoptive parent, or relative providing care for the\n\nchild is not considered a party to the juvenile court proceeding\n\nsolely because of notice and the right to be heard at the\n\nproceeding.\n\nC. The court shall receive all evidence helpful in deciding the\n\nissues before the court including, but not limited to, oral and\n\nwritten reports, which may be admitted and relied upon to the extent\n\nof their probative value, even though not competent for purposes of\n\nan adjudicatory hearing. All service provider progress reports and\n\ncritical incident reports shall be submitted to the court and shall\n\nalso be delivered to the district attorney, the attorney or\n\nattorneys representing the parents or group home, the child's\n\nattorney and guardian ad litem, if applicable, and the relevant\n\ntribe or tribes, if applicable.\n\nD. At each review hearing the court shall:\n\n1. Determine and include the following in its orders:\n\na. whether the individualized service plan, services, and\n\nplacement meet the special needs and best interests of\n\nthe child with the child's health, safety, and\n\neducational needs specifically addressed,\n\nb. whether there is a need for the continued placement of\n\nthe child,\n\nc. whether the current permanency plan for the child\n\nremains the appropriate plan to meet the health,\n\nsafety, and best interests of the child,\n\nd. whether the services set forth in the individualized\n\nservice plan and the responsibilities of the parties\n\nneed to be clarified or modified due to the\n\navailability of additional information or changed\n\ncircumstances or as the court determines to be in the\n\nbest interests of the child and necessary for the\n\ncorrection of the conditions that led to the\n\nadjudication of the child,\n\ne. whether the terms of visitation need to be modified,\n\nincluding the visitation with siblings if separated,\n\nf. the time frame that should be followed to achieve\n\nreunification or other permanent plan for the child,\n\ng. whether reasonable efforts have been made to provide\n\nfor the safe return of the child to the child's own\n\nhome. If the court determines or has previously\n\ndetermined that reasonable efforts are not required\n\npursuant to the provisions of Section 1-4-809 of this\n\ntitle, or that continuation of reasonable efforts to\n\nreunite the child with the child's family is\nher permanent plan for the child,\n\ng. whether reasonable efforts have been made to provide\n\nfor the safe return of the child to the child's own\n\nhome. If the court determines or has previously\n\ndetermined that reasonable efforts are not required\n\npursuant to the provisions of Section 1-4-809 of this\n\ntitle, or that continuation of reasonable efforts to\n\nreunite the child with the child's family is\n\ninconsistent with the permanency plan for the child,\n\nthe court shall determine if reasonable efforts are\n\nbeing made to place the child in a timely manner in\n\naccordance with the permanency plan and determine the\n\nsteps necessary to finalize permanency for the child,\n\nh. where appropriate, when the child is fourteen (14)\n\nyears of age or older, whether services are being\n\nprovided that will assist the child in making the\n\ntransition from foster care to a successful adulthood.\n\nThe court shall inquire or cause inquiry to be made of\n\nthe child regarding any proposed independent living\n\nplan,\n\ni. whether the nature and extent of services being\n\nprovided the child and parent or parents of the child\n\nare adequate and shall order that additional services\n\nbe provided or studies, assessments, or evaluations be\n\nconducted, if necessary, to ensure the safety of the\n\nchild and to protect the child from further physical,\n\nmental, or emotional harm, or to correct the\n\nconditions that led to the adjudication,\n\nj. whether, in accordance with the safety or well-being\n\nof any child, reasonable efforts have been made to:\n\n(1) place siblings, who have been removed, together\n\nin the same foster care, guardianship, or\n\nadoptive placement, and\n\n(2) provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing\n\ninteraction in the case of siblings who have been\n\nremoved and who are not placed together, and\n\nk. whether, during the ninety-day period immediately\n\nprior to the date on which the child in the custody of\n\nthe Department will attain eighteen (18) years of age,\n\nthe Department and, as appropriate, other\n\nrepresentatives of the child are providing the child\n\nwith assistance and support in developing an\n\nappropriate transition plan that is personalized at\n\nthe direction of the child, that includes specific\n\noptions on housing, health insurance, education, local\n\nopportunities for mentors and continuing support\n\nservices, and work force supports and employment\n\nservices, and is as detailed as the child may elect;\n\n2. Consider in-state and out-of-state placement options for the\n\nchild; and\n\n3. Determine the safety of the child and consider fully all\n\nrelevant prior and current information including, but not limited\n\nto, the report or reports submitted pursuant to Sections 1-4-805 and\n\n1-4-808 of this title.\n\nE. In making its findings, the court shall consider the\n\nfollowing:\n\n1. Whether compliance with the individualized service plan has\n\noccurred, including whether the Department has provided care that is\n\nconsistent with the health, safety, and educational needs of the\n\nchild while in an out-of-home placement;\n\n2. Whether the Department is taking appropriate steps to ensure\n\nthat the foster family follows the reasonable and prudent parent\n\nstandard and whether the child has regular opportunities to engage\n\nin age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate activities;\n\n3. The extent of progress that has been made toward alleviating\n\nor correcting the conditions that caused the child to be adjudicated\n\ndeprived;\n\n4. Whether the child should be returned to a parent or parents\n\nand whether or not the health, safety, and welfare of the child can\n\nbe protected by a parent or parents if returned home; and\n\n5. An appropriate permanency plan for the child, including\n\nconcurrent planning when applicable, pursuant to Section 1-4-706 of\n\nthis title; provided, a permanency plan for a planned alternative\nd\n\ndeprived;\n\n4. Whether the child should be returned to a parent or parents\n\nand whether or not the health, safety, and welfare of the child can\n\nbe protected by a parent or parents if returned home; and\n\n5. An appropriate permanency plan for the child, including\n\nconcurrent planning when applicable, pursuant to Section 1-4-706 of\n\nthis title; provided, a permanency plan for a planned alternative\n\npermanent placement shall be limited to a child age sixteen (16) or\n\nolder.","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":"12fa14148119bf1f3a841ce0e16b039a6ea5132a1ffb07627614f5f432d8aaaf","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-806","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-807.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}