Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-713
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Family drug court assessment
Official statutory text
A. When directed by the court, the family drug court treatment
staff shall make a family drug court assessment of the deprived
child or children and the family under consideration to determine
whether:
1. Reunification is the permanency plan for the child or
children and that reunification with the parent, parents or legal
guardian is in the best interest of the child or children; and
2. The alcohol or substance abuse of the parent, parents or
legal guardian is a substantial contributing condition to the
adjudication of a child or children as deprived.
B. 1. The family drug court assessment shall be conducted
through a standardized screening test and personal interview. A
more comprehensive evaluation may take place at the time the family
enters the treatment portion of the program and may take place at
any time after placement in the program.
2. The family drug court assessment shall determine the
elements of the family drug court treatment plan which the parent,
parents or legal guardian shall be required to comply with if
admitted to the program. Any subsequent assessments or evaluations
by the treatment provider may be used to determine modifications
needed to the original family drug court treatment plan.
3. The family drug court assessment shall include, but not be
limited to, the following information:
a. the age and physical condition of the child or
children,
b. family employment,
c. educational background and literacy level,
d. community and family relations,
e. prior and current drug and alcohol use,
f. behavioral health and medical treatment
history,
g. demonstrable motivation of the family, and
h. other mitigating or aggravating factors.
C. When a family is determined to be appropriate for admittance
to the program, regardless of whether the child or children are in
the custody of the Department of Human Services, the treatment staff
shall make a recommendation for the treatment program or programs
that are available in the jurisdiction and which would benefit the
family and child or children.
D. 1. Any statement made by the parent or legal guardian to
any supervising staff during the course of any drug court assessment
and subsequent to the admission of the parent or legal guardian to
the family drug court program, as well as any report of findings and
recommendations, shall not be admissible in any other case pending
against the parent or legal guardian, nor shall such be grounds for
the revocation of a parent or legal guardian from the program.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 132
2. The restrictions provided in this section shall not preclude
the admissibility of statements or evidence obtained by the state
from independent sources.
staff shall make a family drug court assessment of the deprived
child or children and the family under consideration to determine
whether:
1. Reunification is the permanency plan for the child or
children and that reunification with the parent, parents or legal
guardian is in the best interest of the child or children; and
2. The alcohol or substance abuse of the parent, parents or
legal guardian is a substantial contributing condition to the
adjudication of a child or children as deprived.
B. 1. The family drug court assessment shall be conducted
through a standardized screening test and personal interview. A
more comprehensive evaluation may take place at the time the family
enters the treatment portion of the program and may take place at
any time after placement in the program.
2. The family drug court assessment shall determine the
elements of the family drug court treatment plan which the parent,
parents or legal guardian shall be required to comply with if
admitted to the program. Any subsequent assessments or evaluations
by the treatment provider may be used to determine modifications
needed to the original family drug court treatment plan.
3. The family drug court assessment shall include, but not be
limited to, the following information:
a. the age and physical condition of the child or
children,
b. family employment,
c. educational background and literacy level,
d. community and family relations,
e. prior and current drug and alcohol use,
f. behavioral health and medical treatment
history,
g. demonstrable motivation of the family, and
h. other mitigating or aggravating factors.
C. When a family is determined to be appropriate for admittance
to the program, regardless of whether the child or children are in
the custody of the Department of Human Services, the treatment staff
shall make a recommendation for the treatment program or programs
that are available in the jurisdiction and which would benefit the
family and child or children.
D. 1. Any statement made by the parent or legal guardian to
any supervising staff during the course of any drug court assessment
and subsequent to the admission of the parent or legal guardian to
the family drug court program, as well as any report of findings and
recommendations, shall not be admissible in any other case pending
against the parent or legal guardian, nor shall such be grounds for
the revocation of a parent or legal guardian from the program.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 132
2. The restrictions provided in this section shall not preclude
the admissibility of statements or evidence obtained by the state
from independent sources.
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