SB 961 Summary

• Amends 43 O.S. 2011, Section 107.1 regarding divorce proceedings involving minor children

• Changes requirement for educational program attendance from "may require" to "shall require" parties to complete an educational program within the 90-day waiting period before final divorce decree is issued

• Maintains existing exemptions from the 90-day waiting period and educational program requirement for divorces based on abandonment, extreme cruelty, habitual drunkenness, imprisonment, insanity, child abuse, or child deprivation

• Effective date: November 1, 2013