{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-111.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-111.1","heading":"Minimum visitation between noncustodial parent and child","body":"– Domestic violence or stalking – Failure to pay child support -\n\nEnforcement of visitation order.\n\nA. 1. Any order providing for the visitation of a noncustodial\n\nparent with any of the children of such noncustodial parent shall\n\nprovide a specified minimum amount of visitation between the\n\nnoncustodial parent and the child unless the court determines\n\notherwise.\n\n2. Except for good cause shown and when in the best interests\n\nof the child, the order shall encourage additional visitations of\n\nthe noncustodial parent and the child and in addition encourage\n\nliberal telephone communications between the noncustodial parent and\n\nthe child.\n\n3. The court may award visitation by a noncustodial parent who\n\nwas determined to have committed domestic violence or engaged in\n\nstalking behavior as defined in Section 109 of this title, if the\n\ncourt is able to provide for the safety of the child and the parent\n\nwho is the victim of that domestic violence.\n\n4. In a visitation order, the court shall provide for the\n\nsafety of the minor child and victim of domestic violence, stalking,\n\nor harassment as defined in Section 109 of this title, and subject\n\nto the provisions of Section 109 of this title, may:\n\na. order the exchange of a child to be facilitated by a\n\nthird party where the parents do not have any contact\n\nwith each other,\n\nb. order an exchange of a child to occur in a protected\n\nsetting,\n\nc. order visitation supervised by another person or\n\nagency,\n\nd. order the abusive, stalking, or harassing parent to\n\npay a fee to help defray the costs of supervised\n\nvisitation or other costs of child exchanges,\n\nincluding compensating third parties,\n\ne. order the abusive, stalking, or harassing parent to\n\nattend and complete, to the satisfaction of the court,\n\nan intervention program for batterers certified by the\n\nOffice of the Attorney General,\n\nf. prohibit unsupervised or overnight visitation until\n\nthe abusive, stalking, or harassing parent has\n\nsuccessfully completed a specialized program for\n\nabusers and the parent has neither threatened nor\n\nexhibited violence for a substantial period of time,\n\ng. order the abusive, stalking, or harassing parent to\n\nabstain from the possession or consumption of alcohol\n\nor controlled substances during the visitation and for\n\ntwenty-four (24) hours preceding visitation,\n\nh. order the abusive, stalking, or harassing parent to\n\ncomplete a danger/lethality assessment by a qualified\n\nmental health professional, and\n\ni. impose any other condition that is deemed necessary to\n\nprovide for the safety of the child, the victim of\n\ndomestic violence, stalking, or harassing behavior, or\n\nanother household member.\n\n5. The court shall not order a victim of domestic violence,\n\nstalking, or harassment to be present during child visitation\n\nexchange if the victim of domestic violence, stalking, or harassment\n\nobjects to being present.\n\n6. Visitation shall be terminated if:\n\na. the abusive, stalking, or harassing parent repeatedly\n\nviolates the terms and conditions of visitation,\n\nb. the child becomes severely distressed in response to\n\nvisitation, including the determination by a mental\n\nhealth professional or certified domestic violence\n\nspecialist that visitation with the abusive, stalking,\n\nor harassing parent is causing the child severe\n\ndistress which is not in the best interest of the\n\nchild, or\n\nc. there are clear indications that the abusive,\n\nstalking, or harassing parent has threatened to either\n\nharm or flee with the child, or has threatened to harm\n\nthe custodial parent.\n\n7. Whether or not visitation is allowed, the court shall order\n\nthe address of the child and the victim of domestic violence,\n\nstalking, or harassing behavior to be kept confidential if\n\nrequested.\n\na. The court may order that the victim of domestic\n\nviolence, stalking, or harassing behavior participate\ntened to either\n\nharm or flee with the child, or has threatened to harm\n\nthe custodial parent.\n\n7. Whether or not visitation is allowed, the court shall order\n\nthe address of the child and the victim of domestic violence,\n\nstalking, or harassing behavior to be kept confidential if\n\nrequested.\n\na. The court may order that the victim of domestic\n\nviolence, stalking, or harassing behavior participate\n\nin the address confidentiality program available\n\npursuant to Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes.\n\nb. The abusive, stalking, or harassing parent may be\n\ndenied access to the medical and educational records\n\nof the child if those records may be used to determine\n\nthe location of the child.\n\nB. 1. Except for good cause shown, when a noncustodial parent\n\nwho is ordered to pay child support and who is awarded visitation\n\nrights fails to pay child support, the custodial parent shall not\n\nrefuse to honor the visitation rights of the noncustodial parent.\n\n2. When a custodial parent refuses to honor the visitation\n\nrights of the noncustodial parent, the noncustodial parent shall not\n\nfail to pay any ordered child support or alimony.\n\nC. 1. Violation of an order providing for the payment of child\n\nsupport or providing for the visitation of a noncustodial parent\n\nwith any of the children of such noncustodial parent may be\n\nprosecuted as indirect civil contempt pursuant to Section 566 of\n\nTitle 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or as otherwise deemed appropriate\n\nby the court.\n\n2. Any person complying in good faith with the provisions of\n\nSection 852.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, by refusing to\n\nallow his or her child to be transported by an intoxicated driver,\n\nshall have an affirmative defense to a contempt of court proceeding\n\nin a divorce or custody action.\n\n3. Unless good cause is shown for the noncompliance, the\n\nprevailing party shall be entitled to recover court costs and\n\nattorney fees expended in enforcing the order and any other\n\nreasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the denied\n\nchild support or denied visitation as authorized by the court.","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":"fc60b19cc00853e38ff5dbecf1c2835cd7ba0c9c08834d7e95abbdd044746dd0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-111","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-111.1a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}