Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7503-3.2

father.

A. 1. If a putative father files a paternity action after

receiving notice of or having knowledge of a potential adoption, the

putative father shall notify the attorney for the petitioner for

adoption or the child-placing agency that is placing the minor for

adoption that the paternity action has been filed, including, but

not limited to:

a. the name of the court,

b. the case number, and

c. the date of filing.

2. If the name or location of the attorney for the petitioner

for adoption or the child-placing agency placing the minor for

adoption cannot be ascertained by the putative father, the putative

father shall notify the petitioner for adoption. If the petitioner

for adoption is also unknown to the putative father, the putative

father shall notify the Paternity Registry of the Department of

Human Services.

B. Upon a motion of the prospective adoptive parent, the court

having jurisdiction over the paternity action, if it is filed in a

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court of this state, shall allow the prospective adoptive parent to

intervene in the paternity action and have the opportunity to be

heard and seek custody and/or visitation. If a proceeding for

adoption or for termination of parental rights of the putative

father and a paternity action by the putative father regarding the

same minor are both pending in the courts of this state, upon motion

of any party, the court having jurisdiction over the paternity

action shall transfer the paternity proceeding to the court in which

the adoption or termination proceeding is pending, whereupon the two

proceedings may be considered.