{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-25-25-2002","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-2002","heading":"Parental rights","body":"A. All parental rights are reserved to a parent of a minor\n\nchild without obstruction or interference from this state, any\n\npolitical subdivision of this state, any other governmental entity\n\nor any other institution, including, but not limited to, the\n\nfollowing rights:\n\n1. The right to direct the education of the minor child;\n\n2. All rights of parents identified in Title 70 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, including the right to access and review all school\n\nrecords relating to the minor child;\n\n3. The right to direct the upbringing of the minor child;\n\n4. The right to direct the moral or religious training of the\n\nminor child;\n\n5. The right to make healthcare decisions for the minor child,\n\nunless otherwise prohibited by law;\n\n6. The right to access and review all medical records of the\n\nminor child unless otherwise prohibited by law or the parent is the\n\nsubject of an investigation of a crime committed against the minor\n\nchild and a law enforcement official requests that the information\n\nnot be released;\n\n7. The right to consent in writing before a biometric scan of\n\nthe minor child is made, shared or stored;\n\n8. The right to consent in writing before any record of the\n\nminor child's blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created,\n\nstored or shared, except as required by Sections 1-516 and 1-524.1\n\nof Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or unless authorized pursuant\n\nto a court order;\n\n9. The right to consent in writing before the state or any of\n\nits political subdivisions makes a video or voice recording of the\n\nminor child, unless the video or voice recording is made during or\n\nas a part of a court proceeding, by law enforcement officers during\n\nor as part of a law enforcement investigation, during or as part of\n\na forensic interview in a criminal or Department of Human Services\n\ninvestigation or to be used solely for any of the following:\n\na. safety demonstrations, including the maintenance of\n\norder and discipline in the common areas of a school\n\nor on student transportation vehicles,\n\nb. a purpose related to a legitimate academic or\n\nextracurricular activity,\n\nc. a purpose related to regular classroom instruction,\n\nd. security or surveillance of buildings or grounds, and\n\ne. a photo identification card; and\n\n10. The right to be notified promptly if an employee of this\n\nstate, any political subdivision of this state, any other\n\ngovernmental entity or any other institution suspects that a\n\ncriminal offense has been committed against the minor child by\n\nsomeone other than a parent, unless the incident has first been\n\nreported to law enforcement and notification of the parent would\n\nimpede a law enforcement or Department of Human Services\n\ninvestigation. This paragraph does not create any new obligation\n\nfor school districts and charter schools to report misconduct\n\nbetween students at school, such as fighting or aggressive play,\n\nthat is routinely addressed as a student disciplinary matter by the\n\nschool.\n\nB. This section does not authorize or allow a parent to engage\n\nin conduct that is unlawful or to abuse or neglect a child in\n\nviolation of the laws of this state. This section shall not be\n\nconstrued to apply to a parental action or decision that would end\n\nlife. This section does not prohibit courts, law enforcement\n\nofficers or employees of a government agency responsible for child\n\nwelfare from acting in their official capacity within the reasonable\n\nand prudent scope of their authority. This section does not\n\nprohibit a court from issuing an order that is otherwise permitted\n\nby law.\n\nC. Any attempt to encourage or coerce a minor child to withhold\n\ninformation from the child's parent shall be grounds for discipline\n\nof an employee of this state, any political subdivision of this\n\nstate or any other governmental entity, except for law enforcement\n\npersonnel.\n. Definitions and General Provisions Page 90\n\nprohibit a court from issuing an order that is otherwise permitted\n\nby law.\n\nC. Any attempt to encourage or coerce a minor child to withhold\n\ninformation from the child's parent shall be grounds for discipline\n\nof an employee of this state, any political subdivision of this\n\nstate or any other governmental entity, except for law enforcement\n\npersonnel.\n\nD. Unless those rights have been legally waived or legally\n\nterminated, parents have inalienable rights that are more\n\ncomprehensive than those listed in this section. The Parents' Bill\n\nof Rights does not prescribe all rights of parents. Unless\n\notherwise required by law, the rights of parents of minor children\n\nshall not be limited or denied. The Parents' Bill of Rights shall\n\nnot be construed to apply to a parental action or decision that\n\nwould end life.","path":["OK Code","Title 25"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os25.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"13ac3033afbccfcebb623d5f416be36631903ee9af027ee0073f7dd5352ce426","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-25-25-2001","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-25-25-2003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}