Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-232
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district attorney.
It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission,
its director, its agents and employees, in all cases where
application is made for aid for neglected and dependent children to
ascertain as to whether or not the need for such aid arises from the
willful desertion or abandonment of said children by the person or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 120
persons obligated by law to provide for said children, and if said
children are willfully abandoned or neglected by the person or
persons required by law to support said children, to report the same
to the district attorney of the county in which said children
reside, and to furnish the district attorney with the names of
witnesses and all information which they may have that the district
attorney may require for the purpose of prosecuting the person or
persons obligated by law to support such children under the criminal
statutes of this state, and to require the applicant to request the
district attorney of the county 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, within three (3)
months from the day of application in order to be eligible for
further assistance payments.
It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission,
its director, its agents and employees, in all cases where
application is made for aid for neglected and dependent children to
ascertain as to whether or not the need for such aid arises from the
willful desertion or abandonment of said children by the person or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 120
persons obligated by law to provide for said children, and if said
children are willfully abandoned or neglected by the person or
persons required by law to support said children, to report the same
to the district attorney of the county in which said children
reside, and to furnish the district attorney with the names of
witnesses and all information which they may have that the district
attorney may require for the purpose of prosecuting the person or
persons obligated by law to support such children under the criminal
statutes of this state, and to require the applicant to request the
district attorney of the county 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, within three (3)
months from the day of application in order to be eligible for
further assistance payments.
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