{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-504","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-504","heading":"Discharge of children adjudicated delinquent –","body":"Retention of custody and jurisdiction.\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided by law, all children\n\nadjudicated delinquent and committed to the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs shall be discharged at such time as the Office determines\n\nthere is a reasonable probability that it is no longer necessary,\n\neither for the rehabilitation and treatment of the child, or for the\n\nprotection of the public, that the Office retain legal custody.\n\nFollowing a hearing, the court may also order that a child adjudged\n\ndelinquent and committed to the Office shall be discharged by the\n\nOffice provided the child is on parole status and the court deems\n\nthe discharge in the best interest of the child and public. The\n\nOffice shall give a fifteen-day notice to the court and the district\n\nattorney before discharging from legal custody any child committed\n\nand confined in a secure facility.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided by law, all children adjudged\n\ndelinquent and committed to the Office of Juvenile Affairs and not\n\ndischarged under subsection A of this section shall be discharged\n\nwhen the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age, unless the Office\n\nis authorized by the court to retain custody of the child until\n\nnineteen (19) years of age. Upon the court's own motion or motion\n\nof the Office or the district attorney, which must be filed prior to\n\nthe date the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age, the court,\n\nafter notice to the delinquent child and to the parents and attorney\n\nof the child, may authorize the Office to retain custody of the\n\nchild until the child reaches nineteen (19) years of age in order\n\nfor the child to complete the previously adopted plan of\n\nrehabilitation or achieve reasonable treatment objectives. If the\n\ncourt sustains a motion to retain custody, the delinquent child\n\nduring the extended period shall be considered as a child for\n\npurposes of receiving services from the Office and for the purposes\n\nof secure detention. If a child is in a juvenile detention facility\n\npending placement and the court has ordered or the Office has\n\nrequested that the Office retain custody of the child until the\n\nchild reaches nineteen (19) years of age, the Office shall notify\n\nthe juvenile detention facility at least five (5) days prior to the\n\nchild's eighteenth birthday that the child will be remaining in the\n\njuvenile detention facility pending placement. If a criminal\n\noffense is committed by the individual during the extended period,\n\nthe offense shall be considered as having been committed by an\n\nadult. Except to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of\n\nthis section, an individual after age eighteen (18) years is\n\nconsidered an adult for purposes of other applicable law.\n\nC. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not place a child under\n\nten (10) years of age in an institution maintained for delinquent\n\nchildren.\n\nD. The court may retain jurisdiction over a child adjudged\n\ndelinquent beyond the age of eighteen (18) years to the extent\n\nnecessary for the child to complete payment of court costs. The\n\ncourt may institute contempt proceedings pursuant to Sections 565\n\nthrough 567 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes against any person\n\nadjudged delinquent and ordered to pay court costs who neglects or\n\nrefuses to pay such court costs. Any child referred to in this\n\nsubsection over whom the court retains jurisdiction solely for\n\npayment of court costs shall not be considered to be in the custody\n\nof or under the supervision of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\nE. Following a hearing, the court may order that any child\n\nshall be discharged by the Office of Juvenile Affairs provided the\n\nchild is on parole status and the court deems the discharge in the\n\nbest interest of the child and public. The Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs shall give a fifteen-day notice to the district attorney\n\nbefore discharging from legal custody any child committed and\nile Affairs.\n\nE. Following a hearing, the court may order that any child\n\nshall be discharged by the Office of Juvenile Affairs provided the\n\nchild is on parole status and the court deems the discharge in the\n\nbest interest of the child and public. The Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs shall give a fifteen-day notice to the district attorney\n\nbefore discharging from legal custody any child committed and\n\nconfined in a secure facility.","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":"f169608ab031e5facf6b1a24aa02f6567ca92243bc36061dce0755cb8d7296da","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-503","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}