Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7505-6.2
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Filings required prior to final hearing
Official statutory text
A. Before the final hearing on the petition for adoption, the
following must be filed in the proceeding when available:
1. A certified copy of the birth certificate or other record of
the date and place of birth of the minor;
2. Any consent, extra judicial consent, or permanent
relinquishment, with respect to the minor that has been executed,
and any written verifications required by the Oklahoma Adoption Code
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 362
from the individual before whom a consent, extra judicial consent,
or permanent relinquishment was executed;
3. A certified copy of any court order terminating the parental
rights of the minor's parents or guardian;
4. A certified copy of any existing court order or the petition
in any pending proceeding concerning custody of or visitation with
the minor;
5. A copy of any home study performed on the petitioners,
including the home studies required by Sections 7505-5.1, 7505-5.2
and 7505-5.3 of this title;
6. In an adoptive placement in which the adoptive parents or
birth parents were not both legal residents of Oklahoma prior to the
initiation of the adoption process and the parties are not otherwise
exempt from the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, a
copy of the approval by both the sending state and receiving state
pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children;
7. A copy of any agreement with a public agency to provide a
subsidy for the benefit of a minor with a special need;
8. A verified document by the Department, or child-placing
agency that placed the minor for adoption, or the attorney for the
adoptive parent in direct placement adoption, or the person who is
placing the minor for adoption in a direct placement adoption in
which the adoptive parent is not represented by an attorney, stating
that the petitioner for adoption has been furnished a copy of the
medical and social history report, pursuant to Section 7504-1.2 of
this title;
9. The name and address, if known, of any person who is
entitled to receive notice of the proceeding for adoption;
10. The affidavit of expenditures;
11. A copy of the medical and social history report, as
required by subsection D of Section 7504-1.2 of this title,
including the initial report and all supplemental reports, if any,
prepared pursuant to subsection C of Section 7504-1.2 of this title;
12. Affidavits of nondisclosure, if any, signed by a biological
parent;
13. a. A copy of the state criminal background check,
national fingerprint-based criminal background check,
if required by the provisions of the Oklahoma Adoption
Code, a search of the Department of Corrections' files
maintained pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration
Act, and a search of the child abuse and neglect files
maintained for review by authorized entities by the
Department of Human Services pursuant to the Oklahoma
Child Abuse Reporting and Prevention Act, or
b. If the adoptive petitioners are not legal residents of
Oklahoma and the sending state has comparable and
accessible checks and searches as specified by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 363
subparagraph a of this paragraph, a copy of the
approval of both the sending state and receiving state
pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children or verification that this adoptive placement
is otherwise exempt from the Interstate Compact on the
Placement of Children; and
14. Any such other document or information required by the
court.
B. If an item required by subsection A of this section is not
available, the person responsible for furnishing the item shall file
an affidavit explaining its absence.
following must be filed in the proceeding when available:
1. A certified copy of the birth certificate or other record of
the date and place of birth of the minor;
2. Any consent, extra judicial consent, or permanent
relinquishment, with respect to the minor that has been executed,
and any written verifications required by the Oklahoma Adoption Code
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 362
from the individual before whom a consent, extra judicial consent,
or permanent relinquishment was executed;
3. A certified copy of any court order terminating the parental
rights of the minor's parents or guardian;
4. A certified copy of any existing court order or the petition
in any pending proceeding concerning custody of or visitation with
the minor;
5. A copy of any home study performed on the petitioners,
including the home studies required by Sections 7505-5.1, 7505-5.2
and 7505-5.3 of this title;
6. In an adoptive placement in which the adoptive parents or
birth parents were not both legal residents of Oklahoma prior to the
initiation of the adoption process and the parties are not otherwise
exempt from the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, a
copy of the approval by both the sending state and receiving state
pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children;
7. A copy of any agreement with a public agency to provide a
subsidy for the benefit of a minor with a special need;
8. A verified document by the Department, or child-placing
agency that placed the minor for adoption, or the attorney for the
adoptive parent in direct placement adoption, or the person who is
placing the minor for adoption in a direct placement adoption in
which the adoptive parent is not represented by an attorney, stating
that the petitioner for adoption has been furnished a copy of the
medical and social history report, pursuant to Section 7504-1.2 of
this title;
9. The name and address, if known, of any person who is
entitled to receive notice of the proceeding for adoption;
10. The affidavit of expenditures;
11. A copy of the medical and social history report, as
required by subsection D of Section 7504-1.2 of this title,
including the initial report and all supplemental reports, if any,
prepared pursuant to subsection C of Section 7504-1.2 of this title;
12. Affidavits of nondisclosure, if any, signed by a biological
parent;
13. a. A copy of the state criminal background check,
national fingerprint-based criminal background check,
if required by the provisions of the Oklahoma Adoption
Code, a search of the Department of Corrections' files
maintained pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration
Act, and a search of the child abuse and neglect files
maintained for review by authorized entities by the
Department of Human Services pursuant to the Oklahoma
Child Abuse Reporting and Prevention Act, or
b. If the adoptive petitioners are not legal residents of
Oklahoma and the sending state has comparable and
accessible checks and searches as specified by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 363
subparagraph a of this paragraph, a copy of the
approval of both the sending state and receiving state
pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children or verification that this adoptive placement
is otherwise exempt from the Interstate Compact on the
Placement of Children; and
14. Any such other document or information required by the
court.
B. If an item required by subsection A of this section is not
available, the person responsible for furnishing the item shall file
an affidavit explaining its absence.
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