Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB970: Child custody; requiring notice to custodial parent by noncustodial parent; providing that the parent is not required to disclose certain information; exception. Effective date.
Status: Failed, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An Act relating to child custody; requiring notice to custodial parent of in-patient treatment of noncustodial parent; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill and insert: "An Act relating to child custody; requiring notice to custodial parent by noncustodial parent; allowing noncustodial parents the authority to deny disclosing reasons for noncompliance; providing an exception; providing for charges of indirect contempt of court in certain circumstances; providing for codification…
From the introduced text, May 22, 2025:
An Act relating to child custody; requiring notice to custodial parent of in-patient treatment of noncustodial parent; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill and insert: "An Act relating to child custody; requiring notice to custodial parent by noncustodial parent; allowing noncustodial parents the authority to deny disclosing reasons for noncompliance; providing an exception; providing for charges of indirect contempt of court in certain circumstances; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-107b of Title 43A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: ENGR. H. A. to ENGR. S. B. NO. 970 Page A custodial parent shall receive notice from the noncustodial parent, or the noncustodial parent's representative, if the noncustodial parent is unable to comply with court-ordered visitation or any other court-ordered requirement for any reason. Unless ordered otherwise by the court, the noncustodial parent shall not be required to disclose the reason the parent is unable to comply. A noncustodial parent who violates the provisions of this section shall be in indirect contempt of court. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective …