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OK HB2081
Bill
Status
5/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jason Blair
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AI Summary
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Enacts the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, allowing Oklahoma courts to order abduction prevention measures when credible risk of child abduction exists in custody proceedings, effective November 1, 2025
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Courts must consider 13 risk factors when assessing abduction credibility, including prior abduction attempts, threats, domestic violence history, recent activities indicating planned flight (selling home, closing accounts, obtaining travel documents), and ties to foreign countries
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Prevention orders may impose travel restrictions, require passport surrender, prohibit removing the child from designated geographic areas, mandate supervised visitation, require posting of a bond, and restrict approaching the child at unauthorized locations
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Courts may issue ex parte warrants to take immediate physical custody of a child facing imminent wrongful removal, with a hearing required no later than the next judicial day after execution
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Warrants issued under this act are enforceable statewide and may authorize law enforcement to enter private property or make forcible entry in exigent circumstances to recover a child
Legislative Description
Child abduction prevention; Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; terms; order or petition; warrant; jurisdiction; requirements; factors; risk; evidence; conditions; custody or visitation; remedies; hearing; search; service; law enforcement; costs and fees; duration; federal acts; codification; effective date.
Last Action
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
5/12/2025