{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-110.1a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-110.1a","heading":"Oklahoma Child Supervised Visitation Program – Policy –","body":"Definitions.\n\nA. This section shall be known and may be cited as the\n\n“Oklahoma Child Supervised Visitation Program”.\n\nB. It is the policy of this state to ensure that the health,\n\nsafety, and welfare of the child is paramount when supervised\n\nvisitation is ordered by the court.\n\nC. For purposes of the Oklahoma Child Supervised Visitation\n\nProgram:\n\n1. “Supervised visitation” means the court-ordered contact\n\nbetween a noncustodial parent and one or more children of such\n\nparent in the presence of a third-party person who is responsible\n\nfor observing and overseeing the visitation in order to provide for\n\nthe safety of the child and any other parties during the visitation.\n\nThe court may require supervised visitation when deemed necessary by\n\nthe court to protect the child or other parties;\n\n2. An “alcohol-dependent person” has the same meaning as such\n\nterm is defined in Section 3-403 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes;\n\n3. A “drug-dependent person” has the same meaning as such term\n\nis defined in Section 3-403 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\nand\n\n4. “Domestic abuse” has the same meaning as such term is\n\ndefined in Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. 1. The associate district judge in each county within this\n\nstate may select trained volunteers to provide supervised visitation\n\npursuant to the Oklahoma Child Supervised Visitation Program.\n\n2. The associate district judge of each county may appoint a\n\njudicial district supervised visitation team to:\n\na. identify public and private entities which will be\n\nwilling to provide location sites for purposes of the\n\nOklahoma Child Supervised Visitation Program,\n\nb. identify individuals who will be willing to serve as\n\nthird-party persons to observe and oversee court-\n\nordered supervised visitations,\n\nc. establish training requirements for volunteers,\n\nd. identify programs which may be available for the\n\ntraining of the volunteers including, but not limited\n\nto, the Department of Human Services, Office of the\n\nAttorney General, child advocacy centers, domestic\n\nviolence groups, and the Department of Mental Health\n\nand Substance Abuse Services,\n\ne. develop written protocol for handling supervised\n\nvisitations so as to provide safety of the child and\n\nother parties during the supervised visitation,\n\nf. develop application forms for volunteers applying for\n\nthe Oklahoma Child Supervised Visitation Program.\n\nInformation listed on the form shall include, but not\n\nbe limited to:\n\n(1) name, address and phone number of the volunteer,\n\n(2) place of employment and phone number of the\n\nvolunteer,\n\n(3) areas of expertise,\n\n(4) listing of professional training in areas\n\nincluding, but not limited to, child abuse,\n\ndomestic abuse, alcohol or drug abuse, mental\n\nillness or conflict management,\n\n(5) consent form specifying release of information,\n\nand\nnumber of the volunteer,\n\n(2) place of employment and phone number of the\n\nvolunteer,\n\n(3) areas of expertise,\n\n(4) listing of professional training in areas\n\nincluding, but not limited to, child abuse,\n\ndomestic abuse, alcohol or drug abuse, mental\n\nillness or conflict management,\n\n(5) consent form specifying release of information,\n\nand\n\n(6) professional references, and\n\ng. identify which information of the parties and the\n\nchild will be confidential and which may be available\n\nto others.\n\n3. From recommendations of the team established pursuant to\n\nthis subsection, the associate district judge in each county within\n\nthis state may authorize one or more public or private agencies to\n\nprovide location sites for the Oklahoma Child Supervised Visitation\n\nProgram. A district judge may require either party requesting\n\nsupervised visitation of a child to identify a trained third-party\n\nvolunteer to observe and oversee the visitation. A district court\n\nshall not:\n\na. require any state agency location or state employee to\n\nobserve and oversee any supervised visitation, or\n\nb. appoint a third party to observe and oversee a\n\nsupervised visitation who has not received the\n\ntraining as specified by the judicial district\n\nsupervised visitation team unless agreed to by the\n\nparties.\n\n4. A participating public or private agency location site may\n\ncharge a fee for each visit.\n\nE. Prior to approval of any third-party volunteer to observe\n\nand oversee visitation under this section, the court shall make a\n\nwritten determination of the fitness of the volunteer by reviewing\n\ninformation including but not limited to:\n\n1. A national criminal history record check conducted by the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation within one (1) year prior to\n\nthe appointment of the volunteer;\n\n2. A sworn affidavit from the volunteer accepting the rules of\n\nsupervision and whether the volunteer:\n\na. is an alcohol- or drug-dependent person,\n\nb. is residing with a person who is required by law to\n\nregister pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration\n\nAct of this state or any other state,\n\nc. is residing with a person who has been convicted of\n\ndomestic abuse within the past five (5) years, or\n\nd. has had custody, guardianship, or visitation rights\n\nterminated to any child; and\n\n3. Any testimony by the potential volunteer or other witness\n\ntestimony deemed necessary by the court to determine the fitness of\n\nthe volunteer.\n\nF. The protocol for supervised visitation established by each\n\njudicial district supervised visitation team shall require that:\n\n1. The volunteer supervising the visitation shall be able to\n\nsee and hear all interactions between the supervised parent and the\n\nchild; and\n\n2. If the court determines that the supervised parent has\n\nexhibited suicidal or violent behavior, all supervised visitation\n\nshall occur within a professional setting unless and until the\n\nsupervised parent has submitted a non-self-reporting psychological\n\nevaluation to the court.\n\nG. The protocol for supervised visitation established by each\n\njudicial district supervised visitation team may require that:\n\n1. The location site require each participant who has court-\n\nordered supervised visitation for a child and who is participating\n\nin the supervised visitation program to sign a time log upon arrival\n\nand departure. The agency location site must have an employee\n\nassigned to verify identification of each participant, initial each\n\nsignature, and record the time of arrival and departure of each\n\nperson; and\n\n2. The agency location site also contain information on each\n\nclient case including but not limited to:\n\na. a copy of the court order requiring supervised\n\nvisitation, and\n\nb. name of individuals authorized to pick up or deliver a\n\nchild to the agency location site for supervised\n\nvisitation.\n\nH. Each judicial district supervised visitation team may\ne of arrival and departure of each\n\nperson; and\n\n2. The agency location site also contain information on each\n\nclient case including but not limited to:\n\na. a copy of the court order requiring supervised\n\nvisitation, and\n\nb. name of individuals authorized to pick up or deliver a\n\nchild to the agency location site for supervised\n\nvisitation.\n\nH. Each judicial district supervised visitation team may\n\ninclude but not be limited to:\n\n1. Mental health professionals;\n\n2. Police officers or other law enforcement agents;\n\n3. Medical personnel;\n\n4. Child protective services workers;\n\n5. Child advocacy individuals; and\n\n6. The district attorney or designee.\n\nI. An associate district judge of a county, the judicial\n\ndistrict supervised visitation team created pursuant to this section\n\nand the Administrative Office of the Courts may develop an\n\ninformational brochure outlining the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nChild Supervised Visitation Program and procedures to be used by\n\nvolunteers in that judicial district. The brochure may be\n\ndistributed through the municipal and district court, social service\n\nagency centers, county health departments, hospitals, crisis or\n\ncounseling centers, and community action agencies.\n\nJ. Except for acts of dishonesty, willful criminal acts, or\n\ngross negligence, no member of the judicial district supervised\n\nvisitation team or volunteer shall be charged personally with any\n\nliability whatsoever by reason of any act or omission committed or\n\nsuffered in the performance of the duties pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this section.\n\nK. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cases\n\nsubject to the Oklahoma Children’s Code and the Oklahoma Juvenile\n\nCode.","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":"1d15d723e5146e5dde3b7043de30cd19244085be6ebf533420150ed7d8930bd8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-110.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-110.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}