{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-107.2","heading":"Actions where minor child involved - Court-ordered","body":"educational program.\n\nA. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in all\n\nactions for divorce, separate maintenance, guardianship, paternity,\n\ncustody or visitation, including modifications or enforcements of a\n\nprior court order, where the interest of a child under eighteen (18)\n\nyears of age is involved, the court may require all adult parties to\n\nattend an educational program concerning, as appropriate, the impact\n\nof separate parenting and coparenting on children, the implications\n\nfor visitation and conflict management, development of children,\n\nseparate financial responsibility for children and such other\n\ninstruction as deemed necessary by the court. The program shall be\n\neducational in nature and not designed for individual therapy.\n\nB. In actions for divorce based upon incompatibility filed on\n\nor after November 1, 2014, where the interest of a child under\n\neighteen (18) years of age is involved, the adult parties shall\n\nattend, either separately or together, an educational program\n\nconcerning the impact of divorce on children. The program shall\n\ninclude the following components:\n\n1. Short-term and longitudinal effects of divorce on child\n\nwell-being;\n\n2. Reconciliation as an optional outcome;\n\n3. Effects of family violence;\n\n4. Potential child behaviors and emotional states during and\n\nafter divorce including information on how to respond to the child's\n\nneeds;\n\n5. Communication strategies to reduce conflict and facilitate\n\ncooperative coparenting; and\n\n6. Area resources, including but not limited to nonprofit\n\norganizations or religious entities available to address issues of\n\nsubstance abuse or other addictions, family violence, behavioral\n\nhealth, individual and couples counseling, and financial planning.\n\nProgram attendees shall be required to pay a fee of not less\n\nthan Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than Sixty Dollars ($60.00)\n\nto the program provider to offset the costs of the program. The fee\n\nmay be waived by the court if an attendee uses a qualified program\n\nthat is provided free of charge. Nothing in this paragraph shall\n\nprohibit a third party from paying the fee to the program provider\n\nfor an attendee. A certificate of completion shall be issued upon\n\nsatisfying the attendance and fee requirements of the program, and\n\nthe certificate of completion shall be filed with the court. The\n\nprogram provider shall carry general liability insurance and\n\nmaintain an accurate accounting of all business transactions and\n\nfunds received in relation to the program. The program shall be\n\ncompleted prior to the temporary order or within forty-five (45)\n\ndays of receiving a temporary order. However, and in all events, a\n\nfinal disposition of child custody shall not be granted until the\n\nparties complete the program required by this subsection. The court\n\nmay waive attendance of the program for good cause shown which shall\n\ninclude, but not be limited to, where domestic violence, stalking or\n\nharassment as defined by paragraph 2 of subsection I of Section 109\n\nof this title occurred during the marriage.\n\nC. Each judicial district may adopt its own local rules\n\ngoverning the programs.\n\nD. The Administrative Office of the Courts may enter into a\n\nmemorandum of understanding with a state entity or other\n\norganization in order to compile data including but not limited to\n\nthe number of actions for divorce that were dismissed after\n\nparticipating in the program, the number of programs that were\n\ncompleted and the number of program participants for each fiscal\n\nyear. The report shall include data collected from each judicial\n\ndistrict. The report shall be published on the Administrative\n\nOffice of the Courts website and distributed to the Governor,\n\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the\n\nHouse of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and\nthat were\n\ncompleted and the number of program participants for each fiscal\n\nyear. The report shall include data collected from each judicial\n\ndistrict. The report shall be published on the Administrative\n\nOffice of the Courts website and distributed to the Governor,\n\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the\n\nHouse of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and\n\nMinority Leader of the Senate.","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":"703678d369dae9c6f2ce15552b982e574e507aaf68629e10d00fa36527db363a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}