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In March 2006, the Oklahoma state legislature passed the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act to reform the way courts and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) handle cases related to child abuse and neglect. [10] The bill's co-author, Senator Harry Coates, presented the measure in committee.
Most states have therefore adopted their own "Child Support Guidelines Worksheet" which local courts and state Child Support Enforcement Offices [3] use for determining the "standard calculation" of child support in that state. Courts may choose to deviate from this standard calculation in any particular case.
Some parents anticipating that they will receive child support may hire lawyers to oversee their child support cases for them; others may file their own applications in their local courthouses. While procedures vary by jurisdiction, the process of filing a motion for court ordered child support typically has several basic steps.
The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), passed in 1950, concerns interstate cooperation in the collection of spousal and child support. [1] The law establishes procedures for enforcement in cases in which the person owing alimony or child support is in one state and the person to whom the support is owed is in another state (hence the word "reciprocal").
The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) is one of the uniform acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. First developed in 1992 [ 1 ] the NCCUSL revised the act in 1996 [ 2 ] and again in 2001 [ 3 ] with additional amendments in 2008. [ 4 ]
“We have to be purposeful and thoughtful about addressing the shortage of child care around the state of Oklahoma. HB 4147 is certainly a big step in the right direction.” Oklahoma Voice is ...
"Home state" is defined as the "state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child-custody proceeding. In the case of a child less than six months of age, the term means the state in which the child lived from birth with any of the persons ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is also charged with the administration of the entire state court system. [4] The court normally exercises this responsibility through the adoption of rules governing the court system and the behavior of attorneys in state courts. [4] The chief justice is the figure in charge of these rules. [5]