Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-807.1
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Emergency hearings
Official statutory text
A. Once a child is the subject of a deprived child proceeding,
any party may file a verified application for an emergency hearing
that demonstrates harm or threatened harm to the health, safety or
welfare of that child. Upon receipt of the application for
emergency hearing, the court shall have seventy-two (72) hours to
conduct a hearing. If the court fails to conduct a hearing within
that time, the movant may present the application for emergency
hearing to the presiding judge or the presiding juvenile judge of
the judicial district who shall conduct an emergency hearing within
twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the application.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 143
B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a court from issuing
an emergency order sua sponte to protect the health, safety and
welfare of a child subject to a deprived child proceeding in
juvenile court pending hearing on the application.
C. If the court finds that any relevant information provided to
the court upon which the court relied to make its emergency order
decision to be false, the court shall assess against the movant all
costs, attorney fees and other expenses incurred as a result of the
emergency hearing. The movant shall pay all such costs, fees and
expenses within thirty (30) days. Failure to make this payment
shall be grounds for contempt, punishable by six (6) months in the
county jail, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
or by both imprisonment and fine.
any party may file a verified application for an emergency hearing
that demonstrates harm or threatened harm to the health, safety or
welfare of that child. Upon receipt of the application for
emergency hearing, the court shall have seventy-two (72) hours to
conduct a hearing. If the court fails to conduct a hearing within
that time, the movant may present the application for emergency
hearing to the presiding judge or the presiding juvenile judge of
the judicial district who shall conduct an emergency hearing within
twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the application.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 143
B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a court from issuing
an emergency order sua sponte to protect the health, safety and
welfare of a child subject to a deprived child proceeding in
juvenile court pending hearing on the application.
C. If the court finds that any relevant information provided to
the court upon which the court relied to make its emergency order
decision to be false, the court shall assess against the movant all
costs, attorney fees and other expenses incurred as a result of the
emergency hearing. The movant shall pay all such costs, fees and
expenses within thirty (30) days. Failure to make this payment
shall be grounds for contempt, punishable by six (6) months in the
county jail, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
or by both imprisonment and fine.
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