Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-7-112
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Voluntary foster care placement
Official statutory text
A. The Department of Human Services may accept a child into
voluntary foster care placement when requested by the parent having
legal custody of the child or when requested by a child residing in
foster care who reaches eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to
continue to reside in the foster care home pursuant to the
provisions of subsection B of this section.
B. 1. Any child may be accepted into voluntary foster care
placement with the Department.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 204
2. The Department shall inform a parent considering voluntary
foster care placement of a child, or the child residing in foster
care who attains eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to continue
to reside in the foster care home, of the following as applicable:
a. a parent who enters a voluntary foster care placement
agreement may at any time request that the agency
return the child,
b. evidence gathered during the time the child is
voluntarily placed in foster care may be used at a
later time as the basis for a petition alleging that
the child is deprived, or as the basis for a petition
seeking termination of parental rights,
c. the timelines and procedures for voluntary foster care
placements.
3. Upon acceptance of a child into voluntary foster care
placement, the Department shall prepare a notice of placement signed
by the parent or the child residing in foster care who reaches
eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to continue to reside in the
foster care home.
4. A period of voluntary foster care placement pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall not exceed ninety (90) days except
as otherwise provided by the Department by rule.
5. Except as otherwise provided by this section or Section 1-4-
904 of this title, voluntary foster care placement pursuant to the
conditions and restrictions of this subsection shall not constitute
abandonment, or abuse or neglect as defined in the Oklahoma
Children's Code.
6. The Department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of
assessing parents for the full or partial cost of voluntary foster
care placement.
voluntary foster care placement when requested by the parent having
legal custody of the child or when requested by a child residing in
foster care who reaches eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to
continue to reside in the foster care home pursuant to the
provisions of subsection B of this section.
B. 1. Any child may be accepted into voluntary foster care
placement with the Department.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 204
2. The Department shall inform a parent considering voluntary
foster care placement of a child, or the child residing in foster
care who attains eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to continue
to reside in the foster care home, of the following as applicable:
a. a parent who enters a voluntary foster care placement
agreement may at any time request that the agency
return the child,
b. evidence gathered during the time the child is
voluntarily placed in foster care may be used at a
later time as the basis for a petition alleging that
the child is deprived, or as the basis for a petition
seeking termination of parental rights,
c. the timelines and procedures for voluntary foster care
placements.
3. Upon acceptance of a child into voluntary foster care
placement, the Department shall prepare a notice of placement signed
by the parent or the child residing in foster care who reaches
eighteen (18) years of age and wishes to continue to reside in the
foster care home.
4. A period of voluntary foster care placement pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall not exceed ninety (90) days except
as otherwise provided by the Department by rule.
5. Except as otherwise provided by this section or Section 1-4-
904 of this title, voluntary foster care placement pursuant to the
conditions and restrictions of this subsection shall not constitute
abandonment, or abuse or neglect as defined in the Oklahoma
Children's Code.
6. The Department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of
assessing parents for the full or partial cost of voluntary foster
care placement.
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