{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-2-504","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-2-504","heading":"Periodic review of disposition orders","body":"A. 1. Every disposition order regarding a child adjudicated to\n\nbe delinquent or in need of supervision shall be reviewed by the\n\ncourt at least once every six (6) months until such time as the\n\nconditions which caused the child to be adjudicated have been\n\ncorrected or the parental rights of the parent or parents are\n\nterminated pursuant to the Oklahoma Children's Code.\n\n2. A dispositional order removing a child from the custody of\n\nthe parents of the child shall be reviewed at a hearing by the court\n\nat least once every six (6) months until such time as the child is\n\nreturned to the custody of the parents of the child. No later than\n\ntwelve (12) months after placing a child in out-of-home care and\n\nevery twelve (12) months thereafter, the court making the original\n\norder of adjudication shall conduct a permanency hearing to\n\ndetermine whether or not reasonable efforts have been made to\n\nfinalize one of the following permanent placement plans:\n\na. the child should be returned to the parents of the\n\nchild or other family member,\n\nb. the child should be continued in out-of-home care for\n\na specified period,\n\nc. the rights of the parents of the child should be\n\nterminated and the child placed for adoption or legal\n\nguardianship pursuant to the Oklahoma Children's Code,\n\nor\n\nd. the child, because of exceptional circumstances,\n\nshould remain in out-of-home care on a long-term basis\n\nas a permanent plan or with a goal of independent\n\nliving.\n\n3. The provisions of this section also shall apply to a child\n\nwho has been removed from the home of the lawful parent or parents\n\nof the child after the child has been returned to that home until\n\nsuch time as the court orders the case closed.\n\n4. If authorized by the court, review hearings held pursuant to\n\nthis section may be conducted via teleconference communication;\n\nprovided, the attorney representing the child shall be present at\n\nthe hearing. For purposes of this paragraph, “teleconference\n\ncommunication” means participation by the child and facility staff\n\nin the hearing by interactive telecommunication among the necessary\n\nparticipants, the court and the child. The permanency hearing\n\nprovided for in this section shall not be conducted via\n\nteleconference communication.\n\nB. 1. The agency having supervision of the case or, if the\n\nchild has been removed from the custody of its parents, the legal\n\ncustodian of such child shall cause to be prepared for each review\n\nhearing required herein a written report concerning each child who\n\nis the subject of such review.\n\n2. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a summary\n\nof the physical, mental, and emotional condition of the child, the\n\nconditions existing in the home or institution where the child has\n\nbeen placed, and the adjustment of the child thereto, a report on\n\nthe progress of the child in school and, if the child has been\n\nplaced outside the home of the child, the visitation exercised by\n\nthe parents of such child or other persons authorized by the court,\n\nand services being provided to a child sixteen (16) years of age or\n\nolder to assist in the transition from out-of-home care or other\n\ncommunity placement to independent living.\n\n3. If the Office of Juvenile Affairs is the legal custodian of\n\nthe child, the report also shall include any efforts on the part of\n\nthe parent or parents to correct the conditions which caused the\n\nchild to be adjudicated. The report shall specifically recommend,\n\ngiving reasons therefor, whether or not the parental rights of the\n\nparent or parents of the child should be terminated and the child\n\nplaced for adoption, whether or not the child should remain in the\n\nhome or if placed outside the home of the lawful parents of the\n\nchild, whether or not the child should remain outside the home or be\n\nreturned to the home from which the child was removed.\n\nC. At each such review hearing, the court shall specifically\nights of the\n\nparent or parents of the child should be terminated and the child\n\nplaced for adoption, whether or not the child should remain in the\n\nhome or if placed outside the home of the lawful parents of the\n\nchild, whether or not the child should remain outside the home or be\n\nreturned to the home from which the child was removed.\n\nC. At each such review hearing, the court shall specifically\n\ninquire as to the nature and extent of services being provided the\n\nchild and parent or parents of the child and shall direct additional\n\nservices be provided if necessary to protect the child from further\n\nphysical, mental, or emotional harm or to correct the conditions\n\nthat led to the adjudication.\n\nIn any review order, the court shall further make a\n\ndetermination:\n\n1. As to whether reasonable efforts have been made to provide\n\nfor the return of the child to the home of the child. If reasonable\n\nefforts have failed or are not feasible, the court shall make a\n\nfinding that the efforts to reunite the family have failed, or are\n\nnot feasible, and reasonable efforts are being made to secure an\n\nalternate permanent placement for the child; and\n\n2. Where appropriate, when the child is age sixteen (16) or\n\nolder, that services are being provided that will assist the child\n\nin making the transition from out-of-home care to independent\n\nliving.\n\nD. The attorney representing a child whose case is being\n\nreviewed may submit a report to the court for presentation at the\n\nreview hearing to assist the court in reviewing the placement or\n\nstatus of the child. The legal custodian shall not deny to a child\n\nthe right of access to counsel and shall facilitate such access.\n\nE. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall notify the court having\n\njurisdiction, the appropriate review board and the appropriate\n\ndistrict attorney whenever the placement of a child in the custody\n\nof the Office is changed and shall inform said court and attorney\n\nregarding the location of the child unless placement modification\n\nresults from an emergency situation, in which case the notification\n\nrequired by this subsection shall be within one (1) business day\n\nafter the change of placement. As used in this subsection,\n\n\"emergency situation\" means a placement change requested by a person\n\nhaving actual custody of a child, if the request is made at a time\n\nwhen the business offices of the parties to be notified are closed,\n\nor a placement for emergency medical treatment.\n\nF. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall provide the foster\n\nparent of a child and any preadoptive parent or relative providing\n\ncare for the child with timely notice of and an opportunity to be\n\nheard in six-month review hearings and twelve-month permanency\n\nhearings held with respect to the child during the time the child is\n\nin foster care of such foster parent, preadoptive parent or relative\n\ncaregiver. Notice of hearings and an opportunity to be heard does\n\nnot include the right to standing as a party to the case.","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":"ec752b3b68d85b1310fa6f87a8ecee86fd2384fdb5492161c075e463e827eec7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-2-503","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-2-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}