{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-3-102","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-3-102","heading":"Nomination of guardians or alternate guardians by adult","body":"- Priorities of nominations.\n\nA. Every person eighteen (18) years of age or older who is of\n\nsound mind and not acting under duress, menace, fraud or undue\n\ninfluence, may nominate a guardian of his person and property, or of\n\neither, as provided by this section. Such nomination shall, in the\n\nevent of the incapacity or partial incapacity of said person be\n\nproved in the same manner as any other writing. The nomination\n\nshall be binding on any court having jurisdiction of said\n\nguardianship subject to the disqualification of the nominee by the\n\ncourt.\n\nB. Such nomination shall be in writing and shall be signed by\n\nthe person making such nomination. The nomination shall be\n\nsubstantially in the following form:\n\nNomination of Guardian by an Adult\n\nI, ____________________, being of sound mind and not\n\n(Name)\n\nacting under any duress, menace, fraud, or other undue influence do\n\nhereby nominate (Name, current residence, and relationship, if any,\n\nof the nominee) to serve as the guardian of my (person, property,\n\nboth) in the event that after the date of this instrument I become\n\nincapacitated.\n\nExecuted at ________________________ (city, state)\n\non this______day of_________, 19__.\n\n______________________\n\nSignature\n\nC. In such nomination, the person making it may nominate an\n\nalternate guardian or guardians to act in the event a previously\n\nnamed nominee is unable or unwilling to act as guardian.\n\nD. If the same person has executed more than one nomination of\n\na guardian:\n\n1. The most recent nomination shall control; or\n\n2. If two or more nominations bear the same most recent date\n\nthe court may appoint one of the nominees or may appoint more than\n\none of the nominees as coguardians upon determining the nominator to\n\nbe an incapacitated or partially incapacitated person.\n\nE. This section shall not be construed as amending or in any\n\nmanner affecting special powers of attorney, Sections 1051 through\n\n1077 of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or durable powers of\n\nattorney or express trusts established pursuant to the provisions of\n\nTitle 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes.","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":"aaa2382537618578f0bdac4cc8f90a15fc7231d441b8118a3b6b231e25dfcb82","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-3-101","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-3-102.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}