{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-238.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-238.1","heading":"Notice of support obligation - Service - Content -","body":"Voluntary acknowledgment of obligation.\n\nA. For the purposes of establishing the amount of the debt\n\nwhich has accrued as provided for in Section 238 of this title, to\n\nestablish an obligation for support in the absence of a court order\n\nof support, or to establish a judgment for support preceding the\n\nfiling of the support action pursuant to Section 83 of Title 10 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes, the Division may issue a notice of a support\n\nobligation to establish current support and support owed for past\n\nmonths in accordance with the child support guidelines, Section 118\n\nof Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The notice of debt shall be\n\nserved upon the obligor in the same manner prescribed for the\n\nservice of summons in a civil action. The notice of obligation\n\nshall include:\n\n1. A statement of the support debt accrued, as defined in\n\nSection 237.7 of this title;\n\n2. The amount of monthly child support required for the minor\n\nchild as determined by the child support guidelines, Section 118 of\n\nTitle 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n3. A statement that either or both parents shall be required to\n\nprovide medical support for the child, which may include health\n\ninsurance, cash medical support, or a combination of both, and pay\n\nthe proportionate share of medical expenses not reimbursed by\n\ninsurance, as determined by the court;\n\n4. A statement that the obligor shall be required to keep the\n\nDivision informed of the obligor's current address, the name and\n\naddress of the obligor's current employer and access to health\n\ninsurance and other insurance policy information of the obligor;\n\n5. A statement containing the name of the child and the name of\n\nthe custodian of the child;\n\n6. A statement that the obligor may object to all or any part\n\nof the notice of support debt at a hearing which will be held at a\n\ngiven location on a date specified in the notice to show cause why\n\nthe obligor should not be determined liable for the support\n\nrequested in the notice and for any or all of the obligation accrued\n\nor accruing, and the amount to be paid thereon; and\n\n7. A statement that if the obligor fails to appear at the\n\nhearing, the monthly support requested and the support debt shall be\n\nmade an administrative order subject to collection action and shall\n\nbe filed in the office of the court clerk in the county of residence\n\nof the custodian of the child or, if the custodian resides out of\n\nstate, in the county of residence of the obligor or elsewhere as\n\nprovided in Section 231 et seq. of this title. The administrative\n\norder shall be enforced in the same manner as an order of the\n\ndistrict court.\n\nB. The Division may accept voluntary acknowledgments of support\n\nliability and stipulated support amounts. The obligor shall be\n\ninformed, in the notice specified by this section, that the obligor\n\nmay make voluntary acknowledgments.\n\nC. The lump-sum judgment established for support owed prior to\n\nthe establishment of the current support order shall draw interest\n\npursuant to Section 114 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes.","path":["OK Code","Title 56"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os56.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b9d51770483734da28c93021bc5c2ab92fa9c3105c1c068347bdc8fe8b39dee2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-238","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-238.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}