{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-504","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-504","heading":"Jurisdiction – Venue - Powers of court","body":"A. Upon the filing of a petition alleging that a minor is a\n\nminor in need of treatment and requires inpatient mental health or\n\nsubstance abuse treatment, or upon the assumption of custody of an\n\nalleged deprived child pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-4-201\n\nof Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or when a minor is the ward\n\nof the court, the judge of the district court having juvenile docket\n\nresponsibility shall have jurisdiction of any minor who is or is\n\nalleged to be a minor in need of treatment and of the parent or\n\nlegal custodian of the minor, regardless of where the parent or\n\nlegal custodian is found. When jurisdiction has been obtained over\n\na minor who is or is alleged to be in need of treatment, such\n\njurisdiction may be retained until the minor is discharged from\n\ntreatment ordered by the court. For the convenience of the parties\n\nand in the interest of justice, a proceeding under the Inpatient\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act may be\n\ntransferred to the district court in any other county.\n\n1. The venue for legal proceedings pursuant to the Inpatient\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act shall be:\n\na. the county where the minor resides,\n\nb. when the minor is in the custody of a public or\n\nprivate child care agency, the county in which the\n\nminor resides at the time legal proceedings are\n\ninitiated, or\n\nc. the county of original jurisdiction.\n\n2. The district court in which a petition is filed or the\n\ndistrict court in which custody has been assumed pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 1-4-201 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nmay retain jurisdiction of a minor in need of treatment in such\n\nproceeding even if the minor is subject to the jurisdiction of\n\nanother district court within the state. Any orders made by the\n\ncourt in which the petition is filed shall control over prior orders\n\nin regard to the minor.\n\n3. The district court in which a petition is filed which\n\nalleges that a minor is a minor in need of treatment may issue any\n\ntemporary order or grant any interlocutory relief authorized by the\n\nInpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act\n\neven if another district court within the state has jurisdiction of\n\nthe minor or has jurisdiction to determine the custody or support of\n\nthe minor.\n\n4. If the district court in which a petition is filed pursuant\n\nto either paragraph 2 or 3 of this subsection sustains the petition,\n\nthe district court shall have the jurisdiction to make a final\n\ndetermination on the petition or to transfer the proceedings to a\n\ncourt having prior jurisdiction over the minor. Where the other\n\nproceeding is pending in the same judicial district in which the\n\npetition is filed, the chief judge of the judicial district shall\n\ndetermine which judge shall try the issues when the judges to whom\n\nthe cases have been assigned are unable to agree on the procedure\n\nthat should be followed.\n\nB. Unless otherwise specifically provided by the Inpatient\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act and Title\n\n43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the rules of civil procedure shall\n\napply to all legal proceedings pursuant to the Inpatient Mental\n\nHealth and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 43A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b007e9e344c512986aedbf5f8d65b04f24e989e5c87dbaf89881a779fa04f647","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-503","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-505.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}