Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-231
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charges.
Any person who shall make application for aid for dependent
children with the Department of Public Welfare, or any of its county
offices or other subagencies, must, in order to be eligible for
further assistance payments, where the person or persons legally
responsible for such support is willfully and without lawful excuse
failing to furnish necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical
attendance for such child or children, within three (3) months from
the day of application request the district attorney of the county
where such applicant resides to file criminal charges against the
person or persons legally responsible for the support of such child
or children, and cooperate fully in prosecuting such charges to
completion when filed by the district attorney.
Any person who shall make application for aid for dependent
children with the Department of Public Welfare, or any of its county
offices or other subagencies, must, in order to be eligible for
further assistance payments, where the person or persons legally
responsible for such support is willfully and without lawful excuse
failing to furnish necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical
attendance for such child or children, within three (3) months from
the day of application request the district attorney of the county
where such applicant resides to file criminal charges against the
person or persons legally responsible for the support of such child
or children, and cooperate fully in prosecuting such charges to
completion when filed by the district attorney.
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