{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-107.1","heading":"Actions where minor child involved - Delayed final order","body":"- Waiver - Completion of educational program - Exceptions.\n\nA. 1. In an action for divorce where there are minor children\n\ninvolved, the court shall not issue a final order thereon for at\n\nleast ninety (90) days from the date of filing the petition which\n\nninety (90) days may be waived by the court for good cause shown and\n\nwithout objection by either party.\n\n2. The court may require that within the ninety-day period\n\nspecified by paragraph 1 of this subsection, the parties attend and\n\ncomplete an educational program specified by Section 107.2 of this\n\ntitle.\n\nB. This section shall not apply to divorces filed for any of\n\nthe following causes:\n\n1. Abandonment for one (1) year;\n\n2. Extreme cruelty;\n\n3. Habitual drunkenness;\n\n4. Imprisonment of the other party in a state or federal penal\n\ninstitution under sentence thereto for the commission of a felony at\n\nthe time the petition is filed;\n\n5. The procurement of a final divorce decree outside this state\n\nby a husband or wife which does not in this state release the other\n\nparty from the obligations of the marriage;\n\n6. Insanity for a period of five (5) years, the insane person\n\nhaving been an inmate of a state institution for the insane in the\n\nState of Oklahoma, or an inmate of a state institution for the\n\ninsane in some other state for such period, or an inmate of a\n\nprivate sanitarium, and affected with a type of insanity with a poor\n\nprognosis for recovery;\n\n7. Conviction of any crime defined by the Oklahoma Child Abuse\n\nReporting and Prevention Act committed upon a child of either party\n\nto the divorce by either party to the divorce; or\n\n8. A child of either party has been adjudicated deprived,\n\npursuant to the Oklahoma Children’s Code, as a result of the actions\n\nof either party to the divorce and the party has not successfully\n\ncompleted the service and treatment plan required by the court.\n\nC. After a petition has been filed in an action for divorce\n\nwhere there are minor children involved, the court may make any such\n\norder concerning property, children, support and expenses of the\n\nsuit as provided for in Section 110 of this title, to be enforced\n\nduring the pendency of the action, as may be right and proper.\n\nD. The court may issue a final order in an action for divorce\n\nwhere minor children are involved before the ninety-day time period\n\nset forth in subsection A of this section has expired, if the\n\nparties voluntarily participate in marital or family counseling and\n\nthe court finds reconciliation is unlikely.","path":["OK Code","Title 43"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"703da66779bf74597ad96b2c8d8d8e5bf45cc2fbff0be0b605a7785a6b4acfad","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-106","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}