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OK SB829

Bill

Status

Failed

2/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dusty Deevers

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates "incompatibility" as a ground for divorce in Oklahoma, removing the state's no-fault divorce option and limiting grounds to fault-based causes including abandonment, adultery, extreme cruelty, fraudulent contract, and unknown pregnancy at time of marriage

  • Requires courts to consider the degree of fault caused by one or both parties when making property division, alimony, and other orders in divorce proceedings

  • Mandates that the at-fault parent in a fault-based divorce establish a trust fund for each child within 60 days of the final decree, with funding amount determined by the court based on financial capacity and child's needs

  • Prohibits withdrawals from the child's trust fund until the child turns 18, except for court-approved emergency health or safety expenses; the child gains full control of the trust at age 18

  • Imposes penalties for noncompliance including contempt of court, financial penalties, and sanctions up to 50% of misappropriated amounts for unauthorized trust fund access

Legislative Description

Divorce; modifying permissible grounds for divorce; requiring court to consider degree of fault when entering certain orders; requiring court to order establishment of trust fund under certain circumstances. Effective date.

Last Action

Failed in Committee - Judiciary

2/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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