{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-150.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-150.6","heading":"Temporary custody orders - Deploying parent privilege","body":"A. Upon proper motion made pursuant to Section 8 of this act,\n\nthe court shall enter temporary orders regarding custody, visitation\n\nand child support.\n\nB. A deploying parent who is entitled to a stay in civil\n\nproceedings pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50\n\nU.S.C. App., Sections 501 through 596, may elect to proceed while\n\nthe deploying parent is unavailable to appear in the geographical\n\nlocation in which the litigation is pursued and may seek relief and\n\nprovide evidence through video conferencing, Internet camera, e-\n\nmail, telephone, or other reasonable electronic means.\n\nC. Except for the privilege offered to the deployed\n\nservicemember in subsection B of this section, the court shall\n\nfactor the same consideration and conduct the temporary order\n\nhearing as provided in Section 112 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. Hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be\n\nconsidered nonevidentiary hearings and the standard rules of\n\nevidence shall not apply.\n\nD. 1. If a prior judicial custody or visitation order contains\n\nprovisions for custodial responsibility of the child in the event of\n\ndeployment, those provisions shall not be modified by the court\n\nunless:\n\na. a subsequent substantial change of circumstances has\n\noccurred after the prior judicial custody or\n\nvisitation order was issued, or\n\nb. a showing that enforcement of the provisions of the\n\nprior judicial custody or visitation order would\n\nresult in substantial harm to the child.\n\n2. If the deploying parent and the nondeploying parent have\n\npreviously agreed in writing to provisions for the custodial\n\nresponsibility of the child in the event of deployment, there shall\n\nbe a rebuttable presumption that the agreement is in the best\n\ninterest of the child. The presumption may be overcome only if the\n\ncourt makes specific findings of fact establishing that the\n\nagreement is not in the best interest of the child.\n\nE. When entering a temporary order for custodial responsibility\n\nprior to or during a deployment, the court shall:\n\n1. Identify the nature of the deployment that is the basis for\n\nthe order;\n\n2. Specify that the order is temporary;\n\n3. Specify the contact between the deploying parent and the\n\nchild during deployment, including the means by which the deploying\n\nparent may remain in communication with the child, such as\n\nelectronic communication by Internet camera, telephone, e-mail and\n\nother available means; and\n\n4. Order liberal contact between the deploying parent and child\n\nwhen the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available,\n\nconsistent with the best interest of the child.\n\nF. In an order granting designation of a family member or\n\nanother person with a close and substantial relationship to the\n\nchild to exercise visitation rights pursuant to Section 11 of this\n\nact, the court shall:\n\n1. Set out a process to resolve any disputes that may arise\n\nbetween the person receiving visitation and the nondeploying parent;\n\n2. Identify the nature of the deployment that is the basis for\n\nthe order; and\n\n3. Specify that the order is a temporary order and shall\n\nterminate ten (10) days after notice has been provided to the\n\nnondeploying parent of the end of the deployment.\n\nG. If the matter before the court concerns a postdissolution\n\nmodification of custody or visitation, the court shall not modify\n\nthe previously ordered custody or visitation arrangement until the\n\nexpiration of the servicemember’s deployment, unless the child is at\n\nrisk of serious irreparable harm.\n\nH. If the court has rendered a temporary order regarding\n\ncustodial responsibility pursuant to the Deployed Parents Custody\n\nand Visitation Act, any nondeploying parent or any third party to\n\nwhom the court has assigned primary custodial responsibility,\n\nvisitation or limited contact shall notify the court of any change\n\nof address until the termination of the temporary order.","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":"ac33a77150afc61a43b262e754d522448c3221ed09366f92bd5cec4328b0197b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-150.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-150.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}