Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-557.16
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Venue and jurisdiction
Official statutory text
Venue and jurisdiction for all matters arising out of or related
to a gestational agreement shall lie only in the district court of
the county where the gestational carrier resided at the time the
gestational agreement was entered into or in the district courts of
Tulsa County or Oklahoma County. Upon the filing of a petition to
validate gestational agreement, and regardless of any change in
residency of the gestational carrier, the court in which such
petition was properly filed shall have continuing and exclusive
jurisdiction over all matters arising out of or related to the
gestational agreement until the date a child born to the gestational
carrier during the period covered by the gestational agreement
reaches one hundred eighty (180) days of age.
to a gestational agreement shall lie only in the district court of
the county where the gestational carrier resided at the time the
gestational agreement was entered into or in the district courts of
Tulsa County or Oklahoma County. Upon the filing of a petition to
validate gestational agreement, and regardless of any change in
residency of the gestational carrier, the court in which such
petition was properly filed shall have continuing and exclusive
jurisdiction over all matters arising out of or related to the
gestational agreement until the date a child born to the gestational
carrier during the period covered by the gestational agreement
reaches one hundred eighty (180) days of age.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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