Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-705
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Direct request for establishment or modification -
Official statutory text
Direct request for recognition and enforcement
A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment
or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of
a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.
B. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition
and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the
proceeding, Sections 601-706 through 601-713 of this title apply.
C. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a
Convention support order or foreign support agreement:
1. A security, bond or deposit is not required to guarantee the
payment of costs and expenses; and
2. An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has
benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at
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least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided
for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.
D. A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to
assistance from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
E. This article does not prevent the application of laws of
this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding
a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign
support order or foreign support agreement.
A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment
or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of
a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.
B. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition
and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the
proceeding, Sections 601-706 through 601-713 of this title apply.
C. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a
Convention support order or foreign support agreement:
1. A security, bond or deposit is not required to guarantee the
payment of costs and expenses; and
2. An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has
benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 205
least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided
for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.
D. A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to
assistance from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
E. This article does not prevent the application of laws of
this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding
a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign
support order or foreign support agreement.
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