OK HB2150

Changes Oklahoma law to require (rather than permit) courts to mandate that parties attend and complete an educational program within the 90-day waiting period before a final divorce decree is issued in cases involving minor children.

Exempts divorces filed on eight specific grounds from the educational program requirement: abandonment, extreme cruelty, habitual drunkenness, imprisonment for felony, out-of-state divorce decrees, insanity, child abuse convictions, and child neglect cases where court-ordered treatment has not been completed.

Allows courts to issue final divorce orders before the 90-day period expires if both parties voluntarily participate in marital or family counseling and the court determines reconciliation is unlikely.

Courts retain authority to make temporary orders regarding property, children, support, and expenses during the pendency of divorce actions involving minor children.

Effective date: November 1, 2015.