OK HB2067

Reduces maximum duration of a power of attorney delegating parental care and custody from one year to forty (40) days.

Requires parents or legal custodians to execute a new power of attorney for each additional forty-day period if delegation continues beyond the initial period.

Prohibits executing the power of attorney from constituting abandonment, abuse, or neglect unless the parent fails to make contact or execute a new power of attorney after the forty-day limit expires.

Updates the statutory form for power of attorney to reflect the new forty-day duration and removes references to one-year periods.

Becomes effective November 1, 2015, with the forty-day limit applying only to powers of attorney executed on or after that date; earlier powers of attorney remain in effect for their original duration or until revocation.