{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-107.4","heading":"Motion for an emergency custody hearing","body":"A. In a court proceeding concerning child custody or\n\nvisitation, a motion for an emergency custody hearing shall include\n\nan independent report, if available, to include but not be limited\n\nto, a police report or a report from the Department of Human\n\nServices, that demonstrates that the child is in surroundings which\n\nendanger the safety of the child and that if such conditions\n\ncontinue, the child would likely be subject to irreparable harm. If\n\nthere is no such report, the motion shall include a notarized\n\naffidavit from an individual with personal knowledge that the child\n\nis in surroundings which endanger the safety of the child and that\n\nnot granting the motion would likely cause irreparable harm to the\n\nchild. Upon receipt of the motion for emergency custody with\n\nsupporting documentation, the court shall have seventy-two (72)\n\nhours to conduct a hearing. If the court fails to conduct a hearing\n\nwithin such time, the movant may present such motion to the\n\npresiding judge of the judicial district, who shall conduct an\n\nemergency custody hearing within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt\n\nof the motion.\n\nB. If the court finds that any relevant information provided to\n\nthe court upon which the court relied to make its emergency custody\n\ndecision to be false, the court shall assess against the movant all\n\ncosts, attorney fees, and other expenses incurred as a result of\n\nsuch emergency custody hearing. The movant shall pay all such\n\ncosts, fees and expenses within thirty (30) days. Failure to make\n\nsuch payment shall be grounds for contempt, punishable by six (6)\n\nmonths in the county jail, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars\n\n($1,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.","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":"4732de938c1c2b8798fa81b2afe2483b0606eb7dc17188aee97463e9a21ff42c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-107.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}