Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1424
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Department as next friend of institutionalized persons -
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Procuring appoint of guardian.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 229
The State Department of Public Welfare shall have the power and
the Department shall have the duty to appear as next friend for all
minor orphans, incompetents, dependents and delinquents who are
inmates of any public institution maintained and operated by the
state, county, city or municipality before the district court having
probate jurisdiction, and ask that legal guardians be appointed for
the estates of such minor orphans, incompetents, dependents and
delinquents when it appears that such persons have an interest in
some estate, legacy, or property, and shall have such power and
authority in any and all litigation where interests of such persons
may require to be prosecuted or defended or instituted in any and
all courts in this state.
The State Department of Public Welfare, in addition to the
foregoing, is hereby empowered to intervene as next friend in cases
of all minor orphans in this state when it is shown or appears to
the Department that the estate of such minors is being mismanaged or
dishonestly administered.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 229
The State Department of Public Welfare shall have the power and
the Department shall have the duty to appear as next friend for all
minor orphans, incompetents, dependents and delinquents who are
inmates of any public institution maintained and operated by the
state, county, city or municipality before the district court having
probate jurisdiction, and ask that legal guardians be appointed for
the estates of such minor orphans, incompetents, dependents and
delinquents when it appears that such persons have an interest in
some estate, legacy, or property, and shall have such power and
authority in any and all litigation where interests of such persons
may require to be prosecuted or defended or instituted in any and
all courts in this state.
The State Department of Public Welfare, in addition to the
foregoing, is hereby empowered to intervene as next friend in cases
of all minor orphans in this state when it is shown or appears to
the Department that the estate of such minors is being mismanaged or
dishonestly administered.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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