Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-1-114

A. In all cases the court making the appointment of a guardian

has exclusive jurisdiction to control such guardian in the

management and disposition of the person and property of the ward.

B. The court has jurisdiction over guardianship proceedings,

and has the following powers, which must be exercised in the manner

prescribed by statute, to:

1. Appoint and remove guardians for minors and for

incapacitated and partially incapacitated persons;

2. Issue and revoke letters of guardianship;

3. Control the conduct of guardians with regard to the care and

treatment provided to their wards;

4. Control the conduct of guardians with regard to the

management of the financial resources of their wards, including but

not limited to the power to:

a. compel guardians to submit plans, reports, inventories

and accountings to the court,

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b. compel payment and delivery by guardians of property

belonging to their wards,

c. order the payment of debts, the sale of property, and

order and regulate the distribution of property which

has been placed under the control or management of a

guardian, and

d. settle the accounts of guardians;

5. Appoint appraisers of the property of wards;

6. Compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of

documents and property;

7. After a petition has been filed for appointment of a

guardian for a minor, make or modify any temporary order of

guardianship during the progress of the proceedings that would be in

the best interest of the ward. Any such temporary order may be

entered ex parte with written notice sent to all parties directing

them to appear before the court, at a time and place therein

specified, not more than twenty (20) days from the time of making

such order, to show cause why the order should not be granted for

temporary guardianship; and

8. Exercise all powers conferred by the Oklahoma Guardianship

and Conservatorship Act, Section 1-101 et seq. of this title, and to

make such orders as may be necessary for the exercise of said

powers.

C. The chief judge of each district court shall establish by

court rule a system for:

1. The filing of guardianship and conservatorship cases and

records which distinguish them from probate cases; and

2. Monitoring the filing of annual reports and inventories

required by this title for the purpose of assuring that the court

will be notified of annual reports as they fall due and whether or

not said reports are filed.

R.L. 1910, § 3330. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 329, § 14, eff. Dec. 1,

1988. Renumbered from § 10 of this title by Laws 1988, c. 329, §

134, eff. Dec. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 323, § 11,

operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 115, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.