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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1577 By: Prieto
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to guardianship; amending 30 O.S.
66	66	2021, Section 2-101, which relates to app ointment of
67	67	guardian of minor; prohibiting re moval of child from
68	68	certain shelter under specified circumstances;
69	69	modifying certain notice requirements; updating
70	70	statutory language; upda ting statutory reference; and
71	71	providing an effectiv e date.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 30 O.S. 2021, Section 2-101, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	Section 2-101. A. The When the court of each a county, when it
81	81	appears determines it necessary or convenient, such court may
82	82	appoint guardians a guardian or guardians for the persons and
83	83	estates, or either, person or estate or both of them, of minors a
84	84	minor.
85	85	B. Such appointment may be made on the verified petition of a
86	86	relative or other pe rson in on behalf of such minor.
87	87	C. 1. Before making the appointment, the court may receive an
88	88	investigation and report regardi ng the background and home of the
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140	140	prospective guardian. The investig ation and report of the
141	141	prospective guardian and placement restrictions and requirements
142	142	shall be made pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma Adoption
143	143	Code. In determining whether to require a home study pursuant to
144	144	the provisions of this paragraph, the court shall balance the need
145	145	for a home study to prot ect the best interests of the minor with the
146	146	ability of the prospective guardian to pay for the home study.
147	147	2. a. Costs of the home study shall be assessed against any
148	148	private child-placing agency having custody of the
149	149	child, or the person having legal custody of the
150	150	child, or the prospective guardian or guardians of the
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152	152	b. (1) For any child in the custody of the Department of
153	153	Human Services or the Department Office of
154	154	Juvenile Justice Affairs, the applicable
155	155	Department or Office shall conduct or pro vide for
156	156	the home study for such child as required by the
157	157	Oklahoma Children’s Code or the Oklahoma Juvenile
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159	159	(2) The Department of Human Services or the
160	160	Department Office of Juvenile Justice Affairs
161	161	shall not be required by any court to conduct o r
162	162	provide for a home study and report to the court
163	163	on guardianship placements for any child that is
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215	215	not in the custody of either the Department or
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217	217	c. (1) No child temporarily residing in a licensed,
218	218	certified domestic violence shelter in this state
219	219	or another state shall be removed by an ex parte
220	220	order or without proper notice for an evidentiary
221	221	hearing for custody modification.
222	222	(2) No child temporarily residing in a licensed,
223	223	certified domestic violence shelter in this state
224	224	or another state shall be removed by a
225	225	guardianship custody order when a valid
226	226	protective order has been issued for the
227	227	custodial parent of the child.
228	228	3. An order appointing a guardian of the minor who has a parent
229	229	living or other person legally responsible for the child shall
230	230	comply with the provisions of Section 2 -108 of this title.
231	231	4. Except in the case of an emergency guardianship placement,
232	232	the court shall receive a background check for a prospective
233	233	guardian and all other household members eighteen (18) years of age
234	234	and older, consisting of a review of a national fingerprint -based
235	235	criminal background check or an Oklahoma State Bureau of
236	236	Investigation name-based criminal history background check, a search
237	237	of the Department of Corrections’ files maintained pursuant to the
238	238	Sex Offenders Registration Act, and a search of the child abuse and
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290	290	neglect information system (CANIS) maintained for review by
291	291	authorized entities by the Department of Human Services. The
292	292	Department may charge a fee not to exceed Thirty -five Dollars
293	293	($35.00) for each search performed pursuant to this paragraph . In
294	294	the case of an emergency placement, the court may waive the
295	295	requirement for a CANIS search if it cannot be obtained in a
296	296	reasonable time and the c ourt determines that it is in the minor ’s
297	297	best interest that the CANIS search be waived.
298	298	D. In addition, before Before making the appointment, the court
299	299	must shall cause notice of the hearing on the petition for
300	300	appointment of a guardian for a minor to be given in the form
301	301	required by the court to the minor if the minor has attained the age
302	302	of fourteen (14) as of the date the petition is filed. The court
303	303	shall also cause notice to be sent to the following persons:
304	304	1. The then-living parents of the minor and any other person
305	305	having custody of the minor, if such parent or person is not one of
306	306	the petitioners;
307	307	2. If the minor has no then -living parent, then to one of the
308	308	then-living grandparents who is not one of the petitioners and who
309	309	is not married to one of the petitioners; and
310	310	3. If there is no such then-living grandparent or if there is
311	311	no such then-living grandparent whose address is known to the
312	312	petitioner, then notice shall be given to an adult relative, if any,
313	313	of the minor residing in the county in which the petition was filed.
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365	365	E. Such notice and a copy of the petition for guardianship
366	366	shall be mailed to each person entitled to notice personally served
367	367	at least ten (10) days prior to the date set by the court for a show
368	368	cause hearing on the petition pursuant to this section, at that
369	369	person’s address as last-known to the petitioner , at least ten (10)
370	370	days prior to the date set by the court for hearing on the petition.
371	371	Provided, the court may direct a s horter notice period if the court
372	372	deems such shorter notice period to be appropriate under the
373	373	circumstances. If there is no person other than the mi nor who is
374	374	entitled to notice, or if the address of any person, other than the
375	375	minor, who is entitled to notice is not known to the petitioner, the
376	376	petition shall so allege. The court may dir ect that notice, other
377	377	than notice to the minor if the minor has attained the age of
378	378	fourteen (14), be waived or be given to any person or persons other
379	379	than the minor in such manner as the court determines and directs.
380	380	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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