Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-109.5
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Voluntary relinquishment of physical custody –
Official statutory text
Presumption.
When an order has been entered which provides for payment of
child support and the legal custodian places physical custody of the
child with any person, subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Children's Code or this title, without obtaining a modification of
the order to change legal custody, the placement of the physical
custody, by operation of law, shall create a presumption that such
person with whom the child was placed has legal physical custody of
the child for the purposes of the payment of child support and the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 37
obligee shall remit such child support obligation to the person with
whom the placement was made.
When an order has been entered which provides for payment of
child support and the legal custodian places physical custody of the
child with any person, subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Children's Code or this title, without obtaining a modification of
the order to change legal custody, the placement of the physical
custody, by operation of law, shall create a presumption that such
person with whom the child was placed has legal physical custody of
the child for the purposes of the payment of child support and the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 37
obligee shall remit such child support obligation to the person with
whom the placement was made.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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