Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-602

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Procedure to register order for enforcement

Official statutory text

A. Except as otherwise provided in Section 601-706 of this

title, a support order or income-withholding order of another state

or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by

sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this

state:

1. A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting

registration and enforcement;

2. Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be

registered, including any modification of the order;

3. A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a

certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the

amount of any arrearage;

4. The name of the obligor and, if known:

a. the obligor's address and social security number,

b. the name and address of the obligor's employer and any

other source of income of the obligor, and

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c. a description and the location of property of the

obligor in this state not exempt from execution; and

5. Except as otherwise provided in Section 601-312 of this

title, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the

person to whom support payments are to be remitted.

B. On receipt of a request for registration, the registering

tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal

of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy

of the documents and information, regardless of their form.

C. A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must

be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed

at the same time as the request for registration or later. The

pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

D. If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting

registration shall:

1. Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order

asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in

this section;

2. Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if

any; and

3. Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.

E. A request for a determination of which is the controlling

order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and

enforcement or for registration and modification. The person

requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each

party whose rights may be affected by the determination.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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