{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-571-108","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-571-108","heading":"Court order – Requirements – Custody or visitation","body":"conditions – Warrant for physical custody.\n\nA. If a petition is filed under this act, the court may enter\n\nan order that shall include:\n\n1. The basis for the court's exercise of jurisdiction;\n\n2. The manner in which notice and opportunity to be heard were\n\ngiven to the persons entitled to notice of the proceeding;\n\n3. A detailed description of each party's custody and\n\nvisitation rights and residential arrangements for the child;\n\n4. A provision stating that a violation of the order may\n\nsubject the party in violation to civil and criminal penalties; and\n\n5. Identification of the child's country of habitual residence\n\nat the time of the issuance of the order.\n\nB. If, at a hearing on a petition under this act or on the\n\ncourt's own motion, the court after reviewing the evidence finds a\n\ncredible risk of abduction of the child, the court shall enter an\n\nabduction prevention order. The order shall include the provisions\n\nrequired by subsection A of this section and measures and\n\nconditions, including provisions in subsections C, D, and E of this\n\nsection, that are reasonably calculated to prevent abduction of the\n\nchild, giving due consideration to the custody and visitation rights\n\nof the parties. The court shall consider the age of the child, the\n\npotential harm to the child from an abduction, the legal and\n\npractical difficulties of returning the child to the jurisdiction if\n\nabducted, and the reasons for the potential abduction, including\n\nevidence of domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse or neglect.\n\nC. An abduction prevention order may include one or more of the\n\nfollowing:\n\n1. An imposition of travel restrictions that require that a\n\nparty traveling with the child outside a designated geographical\n\narea provide the other party with the following:\n\na. the travel itinerary of the child,\n\nb. a list of physical addresses and telephone numbers at\n\nwhich the child can be reached at specified times, and\n\nc. copies of all travel documents;\n\n2. A prohibition of the respondent directly or indirectly:\n\na. removing the child from this state, the United States,\n\nor another geographic area without permission of the\n\ncourt or the petitioner's written consent,\n\nb. removing or retaining the child in violation of a\n\nchild custody determination,\n\nc. removing the child from school or a child-care or\n\nsimilar facility, or\n\nd. approaching the child at any location other than a\n\nsite designated for supervised visitation;\n\n3. A requirement that a party register the order in another\n\nstate as a prerequisite to allowing the child to travel to that\n\nstate;\n\n4. With regard to the child's passport:\n\na. a direction that the petitioner place the child's name\n\nin the United States Department of State's Child\n\nPassport Issuance Alert Program,\n\nb. a requirement that the respondent surrender to the\n\ncourt or the petitioner's attorney any United States\n\nor foreign passport issued in the child's name,\n\nincluding a passport issued in the name of both the\n\nparent and the child, and\n\nc. a prohibition upon the respondent from applying on\n\nbehalf of the child for a new or replacement passport\n\nor visa;\n\n5. As a prerequisite to exercising custody or visitation, a\n\nrequirement that the respondent provide:\n\na. to the United States Department of State Office of\n\nChildren's Issues and the relevant foreign consulate\n\nor embassy, an authenticated copy of the order\n\ndetailing passport and travel restrictions for the\n\nchild,\n\nb. to the court:\n\n(1) proof that the respondent has provided the\n\ninformation in subparagraph a of paragraph 5 of\n\nsubsection C of this section, and\n43. Marriage and Family Page 171\n\na. to the United States Department of State Office of\n\nChildren's Issues and the relevant foreign consulate\n\nor embassy, an authenticated copy of the order\n\ndetailing passport and travel restrictions for the\n\nchild,\n\nb. to the court:\n\n(1) proof that the respondent has provided the\n\ninformation in subparagraph a of paragraph 5 of\n\nsubsection C of this section, and\n\n(2) an acknowledgment in a record from the relevant\n\nforeign consulate or embassy that no passport\n\napplication has been made, or passport issued, on\n\nbehalf of the child,\n\nc. to the petitioner, proof of registration with the\n\nUnited States Embassy or other United States\n\ndiplomatic presence in the destination country and\n\nwith the Central Authority for the Hague Convention on\n\nthe Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, if\n\nthat Convention is in effect between the United States\n\nand the destination country, unless one of the parties\n\nobjects, and\n\nd. a written waiver under the Privacy Act, Section 552a\n\nof Title 5 of the United States Code, as amended, with\n\nrespect to any document, application, or other\n\ninformation pertaining to the child authorizing its\n\ndisclosure to the court and the petitioner; and\n\n6. Upon the petitioner's request, a requirement that the\n\nrespondent obtain an order from the relevant foreign country\n\ncontaining terms identical to the child custody determination issued\n\nin the United States.\n\nD. In an abduction prevention order, the court may impose\n\nconditions on the exercise of custody or visitation that:\n\n1. Limit visitation or require that visitation with the child\n\nby the respondent be supervised until the court finds that\n\nsupervision is no longer necessary and order the respondent to pay\n\nthe costs of supervision;\n\n2. Require the respondent to post a bond or provide other\n\nsecurity in an amount sufficient to serve as a financial deterrent\n\nto abduction, the proceeds of which may be used to pay for the\n\nreasonable expenses of recovery of the child, including reasonable\n\nattorney fees and costs if there is an abduction; and\n\n3. Require the respondent to obtain education on the\n\npotentially harmful effects to the child from abduction.\n\nE. To prevent imminent abduction of a child, a court may:\n\n1. Issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child under\n\nSection 9 of this act or the laws of this state other than this act;\n\n2. Direct the use of law enforcement to take any action\n\nreasonably necessary to locate the child, obtain return of the\n\nchild, or enforce a custody determination under this act or the laws\n\nof this state other than this act; or\n\n3. Grant any other relief allowed under the laws of this state\n\nother than this act.\n\nF. The remedies provided in this act are cumulative and do not\n\naffect the availability of other remedies to prevent abduction.","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":"c6b34a23fd2c52712bc13a4d64bb33b2e56331f7869072c6c9f7aa7ac6eef6bb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-571-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-571-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}