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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2732 By: McCane
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to marriage; amending 43 O.S. 2021,
Section 105, which relates to dissolution of
marriage; directing the Oklahoma Bar Ass ociation to
prepare standard forms; directing the Administrative
Office of the Courts to provide access to forms;
providing that standardized forms are not required;
and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 43 O.S. 2021, Section 105, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 105. A. A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, an
annulment of a marriage, or a legal separation shall be titled "In
re the Marriage of _______ and ______ ".
B. The initial pleading in all proceedings under this title
shall be denominated a petition. The person filing the petition
shall be called the petitioner. A responsive pleading shall be
denominated a response. The person f iling the responsive pleading
shall be called the respondent. Other pleadings shall be
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denominated as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, except as
otherwise provided in this section.
C. The petition must be verified as true, by the affidavit of
the petitioner.
D. A summons may issue thereon, and shall be served, or
publication made, as in other civil cases.
E. Wherever it occurs in this title or in any other title of
the Oklahoma Statutes or in any forms or court documents prepared
pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Statutes, the term
"divorce" shall mean and be de emed to refer to a "dissolution of
marriage" unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires.
F. Standard forms sufficient to meet the statutory requirements
of this section and any other relevant sections in this title to
complete a divorce proceeding shall be prepared by the Oklahoma Bar
Association in plain and understandable language. The
Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide public access to
the forms by providing a link on the Oklahoma State Courts Network.
Such standardized forms shall not be required to be used in any
proceeding.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-12169 CMA 01/08/25