{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-211","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-211","heading":"Management, sale or encumbrance of property of one by the","body":"other, when.\n\nIn case the husband or wife abandons the other and removes from\n\nthe state, and is absent therefrom for one (1) year, without\n\nproviding for the maintenance and support of his or her family, or\n\nis sentenced to imprisonment either in the county jail or State\n\nPenitentiary for the period of one (1) year or more, the district\n\ncourt of the county or judicial subdivision where the husband or\n\nwife so abandoned or not imprisoned resides, may, on application by\n\naffidavit of such husband or wife, setting forth fully the facts,\n\nsupported by such other testimony as the court may deem necessary,\n\nauthorize him or her to manage, control, sell or encumber the\n\nproperty of the said husband or wife for the support and maintenance\n\nof the family, and for the purpose of paying debts contracted prior\n\nto such abandonment or imprisonment. Notice of such proceedings\n\nshall be given the opposite party, and shall be served as summons\n\nare served in ordinary actions.","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":"db004656bad2a48001dee5cb74a9ef77388220224de031c4b30a491ad43631bd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-210","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}