Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-150.8
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Court-ordered visitation - Appearance at hearing -
Official statutory text
Rebuttable presumptions.
A. If the deploying parent moves to designate a family member
or another person with a close and substantial relationship with the
child to exercise visitation rights, the court shall grant
reasonable visitation to a member of the family of the child,
including a stepparent or step sibling, with whom the child has a
close and substantial relationship as defined in the Deployed
Parents Custody and Visitation Act.
B. Any visitation ordered by the court pursuant to this section
shall be temporary in nature and shall not exceed or be less than
the amount of custodial time granted to the deploying parent under
any existing permanent order or agreement between the parents, with
the exception that the court may take into account unusual travel
time required to transport the child between the nondeploying parent
and the family members allowed visitation.
C. The person designated by the deploying parent to exercise
visitation shall appear at the temporary order hearing.
D. Rebuttable presumptions for proceedings under the Deployed
Parents Custody and Visitation Act:
1. In postdissolution proceedings, there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that it is in the best interests of the child for a
stepparent to exercise the deployed parent’s parental duties;
2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that if the person
designated by the deployed or deploying party meets the requirements
of subsection A of this section, then it shall be in the best
interest of the child that the person receive visitation; and
3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that visitation by a
family member who has perpetrated domestic violence against a
spouse, a child, a domestic living partner, or is otherwise subject
to registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act
is not in the best interest of the child.
E. Any temporary order issued under the Deployed Parents
Custody and Visitation Act shall be enforced as any other orders
relating to the care, custody and control of the child.
A. If the deploying parent moves to designate a family member
or another person with a close and substantial relationship with the
child to exercise visitation rights, the court shall grant
reasonable visitation to a member of the family of the child,
including a stepparent or step sibling, with whom the child has a
close and substantial relationship as defined in the Deployed
Parents Custody and Visitation Act.
B. Any visitation ordered by the court pursuant to this section
shall be temporary in nature and shall not exceed or be less than
the amount of custodial time granted to the deploying parent under
any existing permanent order or agreement between the parents, with
the exception that the court may take into account unusual travel
time required to transport the child between the nondeploying parent
and the family members allowed visitation.
C. The person designated by the deploying parent to exercise
visitation shall appear at the temporary order hearing.
D. Rebuttable presumptions for proceedings under the Deployed
Parents Custody and Visitation Act:
1. In postdissolution proceedings, there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that it is in the best interests of the child for a
stepparent to exercise the deployed parent’s parental duties;
2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that if the person
designated by the deployed or deploying party meets the requirements
of subsection A of this section, then it shall be in the best
interest of the child that the person receive visitation; and
3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that visitation by a
family member who has perpetrated domestic violence against a
spouse, a child, a domestic living partner, or is otherwise subject
to registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act
is not in the best interest of the child.
E. Any temporary order issued under the Deployed Parents
Custody and Visitation Act shall be enforced as any other orders
relating to the care, custody and control of the child.
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