Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-557.9
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Procedure to obtain court validation
Official statutory text
The following shall be the procedure to request that the court
validate a gestational agreement:
1. Any one or more of the parties to a gestational agreement
shall file a petition to validate the gestational agreement in a
district court having jurisdiction as provided by the Oklahoma
Gestational Agreement Act;
2. A petition to validate the gestational agreement shall, at a
minimum, provide:
a. the names and current addresses, if known, of each
party to the gestational agreement,
b. allegations setting forth the satisfaction of this
act's requirements for a gestational agreement and the
parties thereto,
c. if any of the parties to a gestational agreement have
not joined the petition, the identity of such parties
and, if known, the reasons such parties have not
joined the petition,
d. whether or not any assisted reproduction procedures
have taken place as part of the gestational carrier
arrangement and, if so, the date of each such
procedure and whether such procedures have resulted in
pregnancy of the gestational carrier, and
e. a request that the court validate the gestational
agreement, as well as a request setting forth any
additional relief sought in connection with the
validation of the gestational agreement;
3. A complete, unredacted copy of the gestational agreement
must be attached to the petition;
4. The petitioner shall attach affidavits, declarations,
statements, other evidence or any combination thereof to the
petition to support the allegations in the petition regarding the
satisfaction of the requirements of this act and to aid the court in
its determination of whether the requirements to validate the
gestational agreement have been met; and
5. Any party not joining the petition to validate shall be
served with a copy of the petition to validate and a summons in the
same manner as in civil cases. After being so duly served, the
nonjoining party shall answer and respond to the petition to
validate within ten (10) days and shall provide allegations and
evidence to aid the court in its determination of whether the
requirements to validate the gestational agreement have been met.
The failure of any nonjoining party to answer or otherwise respond
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after being duly served shall not prevent the court from validating
a gestational agreement if the requirements of this act are
otherwise satisfied.
validate a gestational agreement:
1. Any one or more of the parties to a gestational agreement
shall file a petition to validate the gestational agreement in a
district court having jurisdiction as provided by the Oklahoma
Gestational Agreement Act;
2. A petition to validate the gestational agreement shall, at a
minimum, provide:
a. the names and current addresses, if known, of each
party to the gestational agreement,
b. allegations setting forth the satisfaction of this
act's requirements for a gestational agreement and the
parties thereto,
c. if any of the parties to a gestational agreement have
not joined the petition, the identity of such parties
and, if known, the reasons such parties have not
joined the petition,
d. whether or not any assisted reproduction procedures
have taken place as part of the gestational carrier
arrangement and, if so, the date of each such
procedure and whether such procedures have resulted in
pregnancy of the gestational carrier, and
e. a request that the court validate the gestational
agreement, as well as a request setting forth any
additional relief sought in connection with the
validation of the gestational agreement;
3. A complete, unredacted copy of the gestational agreement
must be attached to the petition;
4. The petitioner shall attach affidavits, declarations,
statements, other evidence or any combination thereof to the
petition to support the allegations in the petition regarding the
satisfaction of the requirements of this act and to aid the court in
its determination of whether the requirements to validate the
gestational agreement have been met; and
5. Any party not joining the petition to validate shall be
served with a copy of the petition to validate and a summons in the
same manner as in civil cases. After being so duly served, the
nonjoining party shall answer and respond to the petition to
validate within ten (10) days and shall provide allegations and
evidence to aid the court in its determination of whether the
requirements to validate the gestational agreement have been met.
The failure of any nonjoining party to answer or otherwise respond
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after being duly served shall not prevent the court from validating
a gestational agreement if the requirements of this act are
otherwise satisfied.
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