{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-1-114","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-1-114","heading":"Powers of court","body":"A. In all cases the court making the appointment of a guardian\n\nhas exclusive jurisdiction to control such guardian in the\n\nmanagement and disposition of the person and property of the ward.\n\nB. The court has jurisdiction over guardianship proceedings,\n\nand has the following powers, which must be exercised in the manner\n\nprescribed by statute, to:\n\n1. Appoint and remove guardians for minors and for\n\nincapacitated and partially incapacitated persons;\n\n2. Issue and revoke letters of guardianship;\n\n3. Control the conduct of guardians with regard to the care and\n\ntreatment provided to their wards;\n\n4. Control the conduct of guardians with regard to the\n\nmanagement of the financial resources of their wards, including but\n\nnot limited to the power to:\n\na. compel guardians to submit plans, reports, inventories\n\nand accountings to the court,\n\nb. compel payment and delivery by guardians of property\n\nbelonging to their wards,\n\nc. order the payment of debts, the sale of property, and\n\norder and regulate the distribution of property which\n\nhas been placed under the control or management of a\n\nguardian, and\n\nd. settle the accounts of guardians;\n\n5. Appoint appraisers of the property of wards;\n\n6. Compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of\n\ndocuments and property;\n\n7. After a petition has been filed for appointment of a\n\nguardian for a minor, make or modify any temporary order of\n\nguardianship during the progress of the proceedings that would be in\n\nthe best interest of the ward. Any such temporary order may be\n\nentered ex parte with written notice sent to all parties directing\n\nthem to appear before the court, at a time and place therein\n\nspecified, not more than twenty (20) days from the time of making\n\nsuch order, to show cause why the order should not be granted for\n\ntemporary guardianship; and\n\n8. Exercise all powers conferred by the Oklahoma Guardianship\n\nand Conservatorship Act, Section 1-101 et seq. of this title, and to\n\nmake such orders as may be necessary for the exercise of said\n\npowers.\n\nC. The chief judge of each district court shall establish by\n\ncourt rule a system for:\n\n1. The filing of guardianship and conservatorship cases and\n\nrecords which distinguish them from probate cases; and\n\n2. Monitoring the filing of annual reports and inventories\n\nrequired by this title for the purpose of assuring that the court\n\nwill be notified of annual reports as they fall due and whether or\n\nnot said reports are filed.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 3330. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 329, § 14, eff. Dec. 1,\n\n1988. Renumbered from § 10 of this title by Laws 1988, c. 329, §\n\n134, eff. Dec. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 323, § 11,\n\noperative July 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 115, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.","path":["OK Code","Title 30"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os30.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"1282addfa78e05fb3108d4b428e6bb23f86ce3b41895036ad4c71207dcf80c5d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-1-113","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-1-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}