OK SB163

Amends Oklahoma child custody law (43 O.S. Section 109) to add a definition of "coercive control" as a factor in custody determinations

Defines "coercive control" as unreasonable conduct toward a current/former spouse, intimate partner, or co-parent including: isolating them from support systems, depriving basic necessities, monitoring movements/finances/communications, using force or threats including immigration-related threats, animal cruelty as intimidation, forced sex acts or threats to release sexual images, and demands that limit free will

Expands the definition of "domestic violence" to explicitly include coercive control involving physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, economic, or financial abuse by a parent

Courts must consider coercive control when determining custody, with a rebuttable presumption that custody with a perpetrator of domestic violence (including coercive control) is detrimental to the child

Effective date: November 1, 2025