Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-3-119
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Limitation of powers of guardian
Official statutory text
A guardian shall have no powers except as provided by the
Oklahoma Statutes or given to such guardian in the orders in the
guardianship proceeding. This limitation of powers includes but is
not limited to the following:
1. No guardian shall have the power to consent on behalf of the
ward to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures
as provided in the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act from the ward,
except, in accordance with Section 3102.4 of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes:
a. with specific authorization of the court having
jurisdiction over the guardianship proceedings which
authorization must be granted in a separate order and
only at such time as the ward is in need of life-
sustaining treatment, and must include specific
findings of fact and conclusions of law based on the
standard established in Section 3101.16 of Title 63 of
the Oklahoma Statutes,
b. as authorized by an advance directive executed
pursuant to the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act,
c. as authorized by a consent not to resuscitate made
pursuant to the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act, or
d. to receive hospice services as authorized by a
licensed physician who determines the ward is
terminally ill, as defined in Section 1-860.2 of Title
63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided that withholding
or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures can be
authorized only in accordance with the provisions of
this paragraph;
2. No guardian or court having jurisdiction of the guardianship
proceeding shall have the power to consent on behalf of the ward or
order the consent on behalf of the ward to the termination or
relinquishment of parental rights of the ward;
3. Except in an emergency and only as necessary to preserve the
life of the ward, no guardian shall have the power to consent on
behalf of the ward to an abortion, psychosurgery, removal of a
bodily organ, performance of any experimental biomedical or
behavioral procedure, or participation in any biomedical or
behavioral experiment, except with specific authorization of the
court having jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding;
4. No guardian shall have the power to prohibit the marriage or
divorce of a ward except with specific authorization of the court
having jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding; and
5. No guardian shall have the power to consent on behalf of the
ward to placement of the ward in a facility or institution to which
a person without a guardian would have to be committed pursuant to
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 30. Guardian and Ward Page 55
the laws of this state absent formal commitment proceedings in which
the ward has independent counsel.
Oklahoma Statutes or given to such guardian in the orders in the
guardianship proceeding. This limitation of powers includes but is
not limited to the following:
1. No guardian shall have the power to consent on behalf of the
ward to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures
as provided in the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act from the ward,
except, in accordance with Section 3102.4 of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes:
a. with specific authorization of the court having
jurisdiction over the guardianship proceedings which
authorization must be granted in a separate order and
only at such time as the ward is in need of life-
sustaining treatment, and must include specific
findings of fact and conclusions of law based on the
standard established in Section 3101.16 of Title 63 of
the Oklahoma Statutes,
b. as authorized by an advance directive executed
pursuant to the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act,
c. as authorized by a consent not to resuscitate made
pursuant to the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act, or
d. to receive hospice services as authorized by a
licensed physician who determines the ward is
terminally ill, as defined in Section 1-860.2 of Title
63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided that withholding
or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures can be
authorized only in accordance with the provisions of
this paragraph;
2. No guardian or court having jurisdiction of the guardianship
proceeding shall have the power to consent on behalf of the ward or
order the consent on behalf of the ward to the termination or
relinquishment of parental rights of the ward;
3. Except in an emergency and only as necessary to preserve the
life of the ward, no guardian shall have the power to consent on
behalf of the ward to an abortion, psychosurgery, removal of a
bodily organ, performance of any experimental biomedical or
behavioral procedure, or participation in any biomedical or
behavioral experiment, except with specific authorization of the
court having jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding;
4. No guardian shall have the power to prohibit the marriage or
divorce of a ward except with specific authorization of the court
having jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding; and
5. No guardian shall have the power to consent on behalf of the
ward to placement of the ward in a facility or institution to which
a person without a guardian would have to be committed pursuant to
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 30. Guardian and Ward Page 55
the laws of this state absent formal commitment proceedings in which
the ward has independent counsel.
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