Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-806

A. The court may order trial reunification by returning the

child to the care of the parent or legal guardian from whom the

child was removed and setting a date for review within six (6)

months. At any time during trial reunification, when reunification

appears successful, the court may return legal custody to the parent

or legal guardian and relieve the Department of Human Services of

legal custody. If the court determines trial reunification should

be extended, the court shall set a new date for review. A child

shall spend no longer than a total of twelve (12) months in trial

reunification. Prior to trial reunification, the Department shall

conduct a criminal background check of any adult in the home who is

not a parent, legal guardian, or custodian. The background check

shall include inquiries into Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

and Federal Bureau of Investigation records for a national criminal

history record check pursuant to the provisions of Section 150.9 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

During trial reunification, the Department shall:

1. Continue to have legal custody of the child, thereby

permitting the Department to visit the child in the home of the

parent, at school, in a child care facility, or any other setting

the Department deems necessary and appropriate;

2. Continue to provide appropriate services to both the parent,

if eligible, and the child during trial reunification;

3. Terminate trial reunification and remove the child to foster

care, without court order or authorization, when necessary to

protect the child’s health, safety, or welfare; and

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4. Advise the court and parties within three (3) judicial days

of the termination of trial reunification when terminated by the

Department without a court order.

B. 1. When trial reunification is terminated, whether by the

Department or court order, the Department shall prepare a report for

the court which describes the circumstances of the child during

trial reunification period and recommends court orders, if any,

deemed appropriate to provide for the safety and stability of the

child.

2. In the event trial reunification is terminated by the

Department by removing the child to foster care without prior court

order or authorization, the court shall conduct a hearing within

fifteen (15) days of receiving notice of the termination of trial

reunification by the Department and shall determine whether

continuation of the child in the child’s home or with the child’s

caretaker is contrary to the welfare of the child and whether

reasonable efforts were made to prevent the removal of the child

from trial reunification.

C. 1. If the court determines that supervision should continue

after twelve (12) months of trial reunification, the court may award

legal custody of the child to the parent or legal guardian with whom

the child has been reunited and order the Department to provide

supervision in accordance with the rules promulgated by the

Department.

2. The duration of the extended supervision shall not exceed

six (6) months except in circumstances the court deems appropriate

and necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of the child.