Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-111.1A

A. By January 1, 2005, the Administrative Director of the

Courts shall have developed a standard visitation schedule and

advisory guidelines which may be used by the district courts of this

state as deemed necessary.

B. The standard visitation schedule should include a minimum

graduated visitation schedule for children under the age of five (5)

years and a minimum graduated visitation schedule for children five

(5) years of age through seventeen (17) years of age. In addition,

the standard visitation schedule should address:

1. Midweek and weekend time-sharing;

2. Differing geographical residences of the custodian and

noncustodian of the child requesting visitation;

3. Holidays, including Friday and Monday holidays;

4. Summer vacation break;

5. Midterm school breaks;

6. Notice requirements and authorized reasons for cancellations

of visitation;

7. Transportation and transportation costs, including pick up

and return of the child;

8. Religious, school, and extracurricular activities;

9. Grandparent and relative contact;

10. The birthday of the child;

11. Sibling visitation schedules;

12. Special circumstances, including, but not limited to,

emergencies; and

13. Any other standards deemed necessary by the Administrative

Director of the Courts.

C. 1. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall develop

advisory guidelines for use by the district courts when parties to

any action concerning the custody of a child are unable to mutually

agree upon a visitation schedule.

2. The advisory guidelines should include the following

considerations at a minimum:

a. a preference for visitation schedules that are

mutually agreed upon by both parents over a court-

imposed solution,

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b. a visitation schedule which should maximize the

continuity and stability of the life of the child,

c. special considerations should be given to each parent

to make the child available to attend family

functions, including funerals, weddings, family

reunions, religious holidays, important ceremonies,

and other significant events in the life of the child

or in the life of either parent which may

inadvertently conflict with the visitation schedule,

d. a visitation schedule which will not interrupt the

regular school hours of the child,

e. a visitation schedule should reasonably accommodate

the work schedule of both parents and may increase the

visitation time allowed to the noncustodial parent but

should not diminish the standardized visitation

schedule provided in Section 111.1 of Title 43 of the

Oklahoma Statutes,

f. a visitation schedule should reasonably accommodate

the distance between the parties and the expense of

exercising visitation,

g. each parent should permit and encourage liberal

electronic contact during reasonable hours and

uncensored mail privileges with the child, and

h. each parent should be entitled to an equal division of

major religious holidays celebrated by the parents,

and the parent who celebrates a religious holiday that

the other parent does not celebrate shall have the

right to be together with the child on the religious

holiday.

D. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall:

1. Make the standard visitation schedule and advisory

guidelines available to the district courts of this state; and

2. Periodically review and update the guidelines as deemed

necessary.