Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-303
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Summons - Contents – Waiver of service
Official statutory text
A. 1. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall
schedule a hearing and shall issue a summons requiring the parents,
legal guardian, custodian, the child if the child is twelve (12) or
more years of age, and any other persons the court determines to be
proper or necessary parties to the proceedings to appear personally
before the court at the date, time, and place stated in the summons.
The court may endorse upon the summons an order directing the
parent, guardian, custodian, or other person having the physical
custody or control of the child to bring the child to the hearing.
2. The summons shall be attached to a copy of the petition and
shall advise the parties of the right to counsel, including the
right of the child’s parent or legal guardian to court-appointed
counsel if indigent.
3. The summons shall state the relief requested, including
notice that child support may be ordered or modified and that the
child’s paternity, if at issue, may be established.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 89
4. The summons shall also contain, in type at least as large as
the balance of the document, the following or substantially similar
language: "FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS OR TO APPEAR AT THIS
HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS CHILD (OR
THESE CHILDREN) AS DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND MAY ULTIMATELY RESULT IN
LOSS OF CUSTODY OF THIS CHILD OR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
TO THIS CHILD."
B. A party other than the child may waive service of summons in
writing or by voluntary appearance at the hearing. A child’s
counsel may waive service of summons on the child’s behalf.
C. If it subsequently appears that a person who should have
been served was not served and has not entered an appearance, the
court shall immediately order the issuance of a summons which shall
be served on the person.
schedule a hearing and shall issue a summons requiring the parents,
legal guardian, custodian, the child if the child is twelve (12) or
more years of age, and any other persons the court determines to be
proper or necessary parties to the proceedings to appear personally
before the court at the date, time, and place stated in the summons.
The court may endorse upon the summons an order directing the
parent, guardian, custodian, or other person having the physical
custody or control of the child to bring the child to the hearing.
2. The summons shall be attached to a copy of the petition and
shall advise the parties of the right to counsel, including the
right of the child’s parent or legal guardian to court-appointed
counsel if indigent.
3. The summons shall state the relief requested, including
notice that child support may be ordered or modified and that the
child’s paternity, if at issue, may be established.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 89
4. The summons shall also contain, in type at least as large as
the balance of the document, the following or substantially similar
language: "FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS OR TO APPEAR AT THIS
HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS CHILD (OR
THESE CHILDREN) AS DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND MAY ULTIMATELY RESULT IN
LOSS OF CUSTODY OF THIS CHILD OR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
TO THIS CHILD."
B. A party other than the child may waive service of summons in
writing or by voluntary appearance at the hearing. A child’s
counsel may waive service of summons on the child’s behalf.
C. If it subsequently appears that a person who should have
been served was not served and has not entered an appearance, the
court shall immediately order the issuance of a summons which shall
be served on the person.
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