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Okla. Stat.
§ 7505-3.1
Oklahoma
Statutes
Title
10. Children
Chapter 75. Oklahoma Adoption Code
Article
5. Adoption Proceedings Part
3. Petitions for Adoption
§ 7505-3.1. Contents
A. A petition for adoption shall be verified by the
petitioner, and shall specify:
1.
The full names, ages and places of residence of the
petitioner or petitioners and, if married, the place and date
of the marriage;
2.
When the petitioner acquired or intends to acquire custody of
the minor and from what person or agency custody is
to be acquired;
3.
The date, place of birth, gender and race of the
minor;
4.
The name used for the minor in the proceeding and,
if a change in name is desired, the new name
requested;
5.
That it is the desire of the petitioner that the
relationship of parent and child be established between the petitioner
and the minor;
6.
A full description and statement of value of all property
owned or possessed by the minor, if any;
7.
The name or relationship of the minor to any individual
who has executed a consent, extrajudicial consent for adoption or
a permanent relinquishment to the adoption, and the name or
relationship to the minor of any individual whose consent, extrajudicial
consent for adoption or permanent relinquishment may be required,
and any fact or circumstance that may excuse the lack
of consent;
8.
That a previous petition by the petitioner to adopt has
or has not been made in any court, and its
disposition;
9.
That a copy of the preplacement home study completed pursuant
to subsection A of Sections 7505-5.1 and 7505-5.3 of
this title is attached to or filed with the petition.
If the preplacement home study has not been completed,
the petition shall specify that a waiver has been signed
by a court pursuant to subsection B of Section 7505-5.1
of this title, and that a copy of the waiver
is attached to or filed with the petition; or
shall include a statement regarding why the preplacement home study
is not required pursuant to subsection C of Section 7505-5.1
of this title; or shall specify that the minor
is not yet in the physical custody of the petitioner;
10.
Whether any other home study or professional custody evaluation has
been conducted regarding one or both of the petitioners, whether
performed for this adoption
or for any other purpose. If such a study
or evaluation has been completed, a copy of the study
or evaluation shall be attached to the petition, if reasonably
available;
11.
A description of any previous court order, litigation or pending
proceeding known to the petitioner concerning custody of or visitation
with the minor or adoption of the minor and any
other fact known to the petitioner and needed to establish
the jurisdiction of the court;
12.
The county in which the minor is currently residing, the
places where the minor has lived within the last five
(5) years and the name and present addresses, if known,
of the persons with whom the minor has lived during
that period, and the name of any person, if known,
not a party to the proceeding who has physical custody
of the minor or claims to have custody or visitation
rights with respect to the minor; and
13.
A statement that to the best of the petitioner's actual
knowledge and belief,
as of the date of filing, the minor is or
is not an Indian child, as defined by the Oklahoma
Indian Child Welfare Act, [FN1]
and identification of the minor's known or suspected Indian tribe,
if any.
B.
Any written consent, extrajudicial consent for adoption or permanent relinquishment
required by the Oklahoma Adoption Code [FN2]
may be attached to the petition, or may be filed,
after the filing of the petition.
CREDIT(S)
Laws
1957, p. 24, §
12; Laws 1994, c. 122, §
2, eff. July 1, 1994. Renumbered from Title 10,
§
60.12 and amended by Laws 1997, c. 366, §§
24, 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c.
415, §
19, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998.
[FN1]
Title 10, §
40 et seq.
[FN2]
Title 10, § 7501-1.1 et seq.
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