Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-4-205
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Payment by guardian - Collection by legal proceeding
Official statutory text
A. If a guardian has been appointed for the estate of a
consumer in a facility within the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, the court shall order the guardian to pay
the amount of the state’s claim for care and treatment.
B. If no guardian has been appointed, the claim of the state
against a consumer for the care and treatment of the consumer may be
collected by suit or other proceedings against the consumer brought
in the name of the state by the district attorney of the county from
which said consumer was sent or any county in which the consumer may
have property.
C. The claim of the state against a husband, wife, the parents
and the children of any consumer for care and treatment of the
consumer may be collected by suit or other proceedings in the name
of the state against the husband, the wife, a parent, a child, or
any two or more of them.
consumer in a facility within the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, the court shall order the guardian to pay
the amount of the state’s claim for care and treatment.
B. If no guardian has been appointed, the claim of the state
against a consumer for the care and treatment of the consumer may be
collected by suit or other proceedings against the consumer brought
in the name of the state by the district attorney of the county from
which said consumer was sent or any county in which the consumer may
have property.
C. The claim of the state against a husband, wife, the parents
and the children of any consumer for care and treatment of the
consumer may be collected by suit or other proceedings in the name
of the state against the husband, the wife, a parent, a child, or
any two or more of them.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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