{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-551-305","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-551-305","heading":"Registration of child custody determination","body":"REGISTRATION OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION\n\nA. A child custody determination issued by a court of another\n\nstate may be registered in this state, with or without a\n\nsimultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate\n\ncourt in this state:\n\n1. A letter or other document requesting registration;\n\n2. Two copies, including one certified copy, of the\n\ndetermination sought to be registered, and a statement under penalty\n\nof perjury that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the\n\nperson seeking registration the order has not been modified; and\n\n3. Except as otherwise provided in Section 21 of this act, the\n\nname and address of the person seeking registration and any parent\n\nor person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody or\n\nvisitation in the child custody determination sought to be\n\nregistered.\n\nB. On receipt of the documents required by subsection A of this\n\nsection, the registering court shall:\n\n1. Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment,\n\ntogether with one copy of any accompanying documents and\n\ninformation, regardless of their form; and\n\n2. Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to paragraph 3\n\nsubsection A of this section and provide them with an opportunity to\n\ncontest the registration in accordance with this section.\n\nC. The notice required by paragraph 2 of subsection B of this\n\nsection must state that:\n\n1. A registered determination is enforceable as of the date of\n\nthe registration in the same manner as a determination issued by a\n\ncourt of this state;\n\n2. A hearing to contest the validity of the registered\n\ndetermination must be requested within twenty (20) days after\n\nservice of notice; and\n\n3. Failure to contest the registration will result in\n\nconfirmation of the child custody determination and preclude further\n\ncontest of that determination with respect to any matter that could\n\nhave been asserted.\n\nD. A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered\n\norder must request a hearing within twenty (20) days after service\n\nof the notice. At that hearing, the court shall confirm the\n\nregistered order unless the person contesting registration\n\nestablishes that:\n\n1. The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under Article 2\n\nof this act;\n\n2. The child custody determination sought to be registered has\n\nbeen vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to\n\ndo so under Article 2 of this act; or\n\n3. The person contesting registration was entitled to notice,\n\nbut notice was not given in accordance with the standards of Section\n\n8 of this act, in the proceedings before the court that issued the\n\norder for which registration is sought.\n\nE. If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of\n\nthe registration is not made, the registration is confirmed as a\n\nmatter of law and the person requesting registration and all persons\n\nserved must be notified of the confirmation.\n\nF. Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of\n\nlaw or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the\n\norder with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at\n\nthe time of registration.","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":"ddd14b608be3ecc7f00aa2cf7bbabc78acc1144d0b246875ebafef5c022555c3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-551-304","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-551-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}