Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-305
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Failure to appear without reasonable cause - Consent
Official statutory text
to adjudication - Contempt - Warrants.
A. Failure of a person summoned as provided in this part to
respond or appear without reasonable cause constitutes the person's
consent to an adjudication of the child to be deprived.
B. If any person summoned as provided in this part fails to
respond or appear without reasonable cause, such person may be held
in contempt of court.
C. In case the summons cannot be served, or the parties served
fail to obey the same, or in any case when it shall be made to
appear to the judge that the service will be ineffectual, that the
health, safety, or welfare of the child requires that the child
should be brought into the custody of the court, a warrant may be
issued against the parent, legal guardian, custodian of the child,
or the child.
A. Failure of a person summoned as provided in this part to
respond or appear without reasonable cause constitutes the person's
consent to an adjudication of the child to be deprived.
B. If any person summoned as provided in this part fails to
respond or appear without reasonable cause, such person may be held
in contempt of court.
C. In case the summons cannot be served, or the parties served
fail to obey the same, or in any case when it shall be made to
appear to the judge that the service will be ineffectual, that the
health, safety, or welfare of the child requires that the child
should be brought into the custody of the court, a warrant may be
issued against the parent, legal guardian, custodian of the child,
or the child.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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