Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-551-204

TEMPORARY EMERGENCY JURISDICTION

A. A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction

if the child is present in this state and the child has been

abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child

because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected

to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.

B. If there is no previous child custody determination that is

entitled to be enforced under this act and a child custody

proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having

jurisdiction under Sections 13 through 15 of this act, a child

custody determination made under this section remains in effect

until an order is obtained from a court of a state having

jurisdiction under Sections 13 through 15 of this act. If a child

custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced in a court of a

state having jurisdiction under Sections 13 through 15 of this act,

a child custody determination made under this section becomes a

final determination, if it so provides and this state becomes the

home state of the child.

C. If there is a previous child custody determination that is

entitled to be enforced under this act, or a child custody

proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having

jurisdiction under Sections 13 through 15 of this act, any order

issued by a court of this state under this section must specify in

the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the

person seeking an order to obtain an order from the state having

jurisdiction under Sections 13 through 15 of this act. The order

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issued in this state remains in effect until an order is obtained

from the other state within the period specified or the period

expires.

D. A court of this state which has been asked to make a child

custody determination under this section, upon being informed that a

child custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child custody

determination has been made by, a court of a state having

jurisdiction under Sections 13 through 15 of this act, shall

immediately communicate with the other court. A court of this state

which is exercising jurisdiction pursuant to Sections 13 through 15

of this act, upon being informed that a child custody proceeding has

been commenced in, or a child custody determination has been made

by, a court of another state under a statute similar to this section

shall immediately communicate with the court of that state to

resolve the emergency, protect the safety of the parties and the

child, and determine a period for the duration of the temporary

order.