{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-2-104.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-2-104.1","heading":"Diversion services","body":"A. Diversion services shall be offered to children who are at\n\nrisk of being the subject of a child-in-need-of-supervision\n\npetition. Diversion services shall be designed to provide an\n\nimmediate response to families in crisis and to divert children from\n\ncourt proceedings. Diversion services may be provided by outside\n\nagencies as designated by the district courts, juvenile bureaus,\n\ncourt employees, or a combination thereof. If a child would be\n\ncharged with a delinquent act as a result of a first-time offense\n\nwhich would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, diversion\n\nservices shall be provided prior to the district attorney filing a\n\npetition alleging the child to be in need of supervision or upon the\n\nassumption of custody pursuant to Section 2-2-101 of this title.\n\nB. Diversion services shall clearly document diligent attempts\n\nto provide appropriate services to the child and the family of the\n\nchild unless it is determined that there is no substantial\n\nlikelihood that the child and family of the child will benefit from\n\nfurther diversion attempts.\n\nC. Where the primary issue is truancy, steps taken by the\n\nschool district to improve the attendance or conduct of the child in\n\nschool shall be reviewed and attempts to engage the school district\n\nin further diversion attempts shall be made if it appears that such\n\nattempts will be beneficial to the child.\n\nD. Efforts to prevent the filing of the petition may extend\n\nuntil it is determined that there is no substantial likelihood that\n\nthe child and family of the child will benefit from further\n\nattempts. Efforts at diversion may continue after the filing of the\n\npetition where it is determined that the child and family of the\n\nchild will benefit therefrom.\n\nE. A child-in-need-of-supervision petition shall not be filed\n\nduring the period that the designated agency, juvenile bureau, or\n\ncourt employee is providing the diversion services. A finding that\n\nthe case has been successfully diverted shall constitute presumptive\n\nevidence that the underlying allegations have been successfully\n\nresolved.\n\nF. The designated agency, juvenile bureau, or court employee\n\nshall promptly give written notice to the child and family of the\n\nchild whenever attempts to prevent the filing of the petition have\n\nterminated and shall indicate in the notice whether the efforts were\n\nsuccessful or whether a child-in-need-of-supervision petition should\n\nbe filed with the court. A petition may or may not be filed where\n\ndiversion services have been terminated because the parent or other\n\nperson legally responsible for the child failed to consent to the\n\ndiversion plan or failed to actively participate in the services\n\nprovided.\n\nG. Diversion services shall include, but not be limited to,\n\nFunctional Family Therapy, first-time offender programs, community-\n\nat-risk services, or other similar programs.\n\nH. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall evaluate the rate of\n\nrecidivism for children who are offered diversion services and shall\n\npublish the rate publicly in the Office’s annual report. Data\n\ndisclosed in the annual report shall be unidentifiable to an\n\nindividual.","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":"302c8658b291d9e61268f0423c893c198a2c45723d7d64199d0074369bd6a19c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-2-104","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-2-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}