Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-504

Retention of custody and jurisdiction.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, all children

adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Office of Juvenile

Affairs shall be discharged at such time as the Office determines

there is a reasonable probability that it is no longer necessary,

either for the rehabilitation and treatment of the child, or for the

protection of the public, that the Office retain legal custody.

Following a hearing, the court may also order that a child adjudged

delinquent and committed to the Office shall be discharged by the

Office provided the child is on parole status and the court deems

the discharge in the best interest of the child and public. The

Office shall give a fifteen-day notice to the court and the district

attorney before discharging from legal custody any child committed

and confined in a secure facility.

B. Except as otherwise provided by law, all children adjudged

delinquent and committed to the Office of Juvenile Affairs and not

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discharged under subsection A of this section shall be discharged

when the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age, unless the Office

is authorized by the court to retain custody of the child until

nineteen (19) years of age. Upon the court's own motion or motion

of the Office or the district attorney, which must be filed prior to

the date the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age, the court,

after notice to the delinquent child and to the parents and attorney

of the child, may authorize the Office to retain custody of the

child until the child reaches nineteen (19) years of age in order

for the child to complete the previously adopted plan of

rehabilitation or achieve reasonable treatment objectives. If the

court sustains a motion to retain custody, the delinquent child

during the extended period shall be considered as a child for

purposes of receiving services from the Office and for the purposes

of secure detention. If a child is in a juvenile detention facility

pending placement and the court has ordered or the Office has

requested that the Office retain custody of the child until the

child reaches nineteen (19) years of age, the Office shall notify

the juvenile detention facility at least five (5) days prior to the

child's eighteenth birthday that the child will be remaining in the

juvenile detention facility pending placement. If a criminal

offense is committed by the individual during the extended period,

the offense shall be considered as having been committed by an

adult. Except to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of

this section, an individual after age eighteen (18) years is

considered an adult for purposes of other applicable law.

C. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not place a child under

ten (10) years of age in an institution maintained for delinquent

children.

D. The court may retain jurisdiction over a child adjudged

delinquent beyond the age of eighteen (18) years to the extent

necessary for the child to complete payment of court costs. The

court may institute contempt proceedings pursuant to Sections 565

through 567 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes against any person

adjudged delinquent and ordered to pay court costs who neglects or

refuses to pay such court costs. Any child referred to in this

subsection over whom the court retains jurisdiction solely for

payment of court costs shall not be considered to be in the custody

of or under the supervision of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.

E. Following a hearing, the court may order that any child

shall be discharged by the Office of Juvenile Affairs provided the

child is on parole status and the court deems the discharge in the

best interest of the child and public. The Office of Juvenile

Affairs shall give a fifteen-day notice to the district attorney

before discharging from legal custody any child committed and
ile Affairs.

E. Following a hearing, the court may order that any child

shall be discharged by the Office of Juvenile Affairs provided the

child is on parole status and the court deems the discharge in the

best interest of the child and public. The Office of Juvenile

Affairs shall give a fifteen-day notice to the district attorney

before discharging from legal custody any child committed and

confined in a secure facility.

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