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Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-809

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Findings establishing that reasonable efforts to

Official statutory text

reunify child are not required.

A. At any time prior to or following the adjudicatory hearing

the court, on its own motion or upon the motion of a party, may find

that reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of a child from home

or to reunify the child and family are not required if the court

determines, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that:

1. The parent or legal guardian of the child, who is an infant

age twelve (12) months or younger, has abandoned the child;

2. The parent or legal guardian of the child has:

a. committed murder or manslaughter of any child,

b. aided or abetted, attempted, conspired, or solicited

to commit the murder or manslaughter of any child,

c. committed a felony assault upon any child that

resulted in the child receiving serious bodily injury,

or

d. subjected any child to aggravated circumstances

including, but not limited to, heinous and shocking

abuse or heinous and shocking neglect;

3. The parental rights of a parent to the child's sibling have

been terminated involuntarily;

4. The parent has been found by a court of competent

jurisdiction to have committed sexual abuse against the child or

another child of the parent; or

5. The parent is required to register with a sex offender

registry pursuant to Section 113(a) of the Adam Walsh Child

Protection and Safety Act of 2006, 42 U.S.C., Section 16913(a).

B. The court shall conduct a permanency hearing within thirty

(30) days of a determination by the court that any of the conditions

specified in subsection A of this section exist. Reasonable efforts

shall be made to place the child in a timely manner in accordance

with the permanency plan.

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