{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.10","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-240.10","heading":"Action to require participation in certain programs by","body":"unemployed or underemployed obligors.\n\nA. When child support services are being provided for the\n\nbenefit of the child under the state child support plan as provided\n\nin Section 237 of this title, the Department may initiate an\n\nadministrative or district court action to obtain an order to\n\nrequire an unemployed or underemployed obligor to participate in\n\ncounseling, treatment, educational training, social skills training,\n\nemployment training or job-finding programs, or the problem-solving\n\ncourt program under Section 14 of this act. \"Underemployed\" is\n\ndefined as being employed less than full-time or in an occupation\n\nwhich pays less than employment which someone with the skills and\n\neducation of the obligor could be reasonably expected to earn, so\n\nthat the obligor cannot meet his support obligation. The Department\n\nshall give notice of this requirement to the obligor who is not\n\ncomplying with a district or administrative court order for support\n\nand whom the Department has reason to believe is unemployed or\n\nunderemployed. The notice shall be served by the Department upon\n\nthe obligor as provided in Section 2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, or if there is an address of record on file with the\n\ncentral case registry pursuant to Section 112A of Title 43 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, the notice may be served by regular mail at the\n\naddress of record.\n\nB. The notice shall state:\n\n1. The name of the child for whom support is ordered and the\n\ncustodian of the child;\n\n2. That the obligor is not complying with the district or\n\nadministrative court order for support and is delinquent in a\n\ncertain amount;\n\n3. That it appears that the obligor is unemployed or\n\nunderemployed so that the obligor cannot meet the support\n\nobligation;\n\n4. That the obligor shall appear on a date certain for a\n\nhearing to show cause why the obligor should not be ordered to\n\nparticipate in counseling, treatment, educational training, social\n\nskills training, employment training or job-finding programs or the\n\nproblem-solving court program, and to accept available employment;\n\nand\n\n5. That if it is determined that the obligor is unemployed or\n\nunderemployed or if the obligor fails to appear, an order will be\n\nentered which will require the obligor to participate in counseling,\n\ntreatment, educational training, social skills training, employment\n\ntraining or job-finding programs or the problem-solving court\n\nprogram and to accept available employment.\n\nC. 1. At the hearing, or if the obligor fails to appear for\n\nthe hearing, the court shall enter an order determining if the\n\nobligor is unemployed, underemployed or in need of services as\n\ndescribed in subsection C of this section.\n\n2. If the court finds the obligor is in need of services as\n\ndescribed in this subsection, the order shall set forth the findings\n\nof the court and require that the obligor participate in counseling,\n\ntreatment, educational training, social skills training, employment\n\ntraining or job-finding programs or the problem-solving court\n\nprogram, and accept available employment. The order shall state\n\nwhen the obligor shall report and to what location.\n\n3. An administrative order may be docketed with the district\n\ncourt and shall be enforced in the same manner as any other order of\n\nthe district court, including indirect civil contempt proceedings.\n\nA copy of the order will be mailed by the Department to the last-\n\nknown address of the obligor.\n\nD. The obligor may show good cause why an order should not be\n\nentered requiring the obligor to participate in counseling,\n\ntreatment, educational training, social skills training, employment\n\ntraining or job-finding programs or the problem-solving court\n\nprogram and accept available employment. \"Good cause\" is defined as\n\nestablishing by expert medical opinion that the person is mentally\n\nor physically unable to work or such other grounds as the Department\nentered requiring the obligor to participate in counseling,\n\ntreatment, educational training, social skills training, employment\n\ntraining or job-finding programs or the problem-solving court\n\nprogram and accept available employment. \"Good cause\" is defined as\n\nestablishing by expert medical opinion that the person is mentally\n\nor physically unable to work or such other grounds as the Department\n\ndetermines by regulation constitutes good cause.","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":"4d3166e7436fa31528c815f2eef1b2890e2f66b6854aa808bc43010190a01392","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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