The state legislature has officially moved to adopt these updates to the paternity statutes. I have confirmed that the final language includes the specific relief mechanisms we requested. Our legal team will monitor the implementation phase to ensure these new protocols are applied correctly in court proceedings.
March 4, 2017
Final supporters
To Introduce the endorsement for the paternity laws in Oklahoma.
What this petition will do and please read carefully.
Thank you for all your support.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to paternity and child support; amending 10 O.S.
1991, Section 3, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 356 O.S.L. 1994 (10 O.S.
Supp. 2000, Section 3), which relates to presumption of paternity;
authorizing certain presumptions to be disputed; limiting who may dispute;
specifying conditions; providing certain relief from certain arrearage for
child support for certain parties; providing for effect of certain orders;
providing for certain evidence; providing who may bring actions; providing
for relief from certain orders relating to child support and paternity;
providing for filing and transfers; specifying conditions; requiring certain
tests; providing for failure to test; providing for certain fees; requiring
certain orders; providing for payment of certain costs; providing for
visitation; providing for effect of certain orders; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY <10> O.S. 1991, Section <3>, as< >amended by
Section <2>, Chapter <356>, O.S.L. 19<94> (<10> O.S. Supp. 2000, Section <3>
), is amended to read as follows:
Section <3>. A. The presumption of paternity created pursuant to Section 2
of this title may be disputed only by the husband or wife, the putative
father or their descendants. Paternity may be established pursuant to
Section 70 of this title.
B. If a child is born during the course of the marriage and is reared by the
husband and wife as a member of their family without disputing the child's
legitimacy for a period of at least two (2) years, the presumption cannot be
disputed by anyone may only be disputed by the husband upon a showing of all
of the following:
1. A genetic test administered no more than six (6) months prior to the
filing of a motion for relief that finds that there is a zero percent
probability that the husband is the father of the child;
2. The husband has not adopted the child or the child was not conceived as a
result of artificial insemination; and
3. The husband proves by clear and convincing evidence prior to the filing
of the motion that he reasonably believed the child was his biological child
on the basis of fraud or material mistake of fact.
C. If a child is reared by a putative father of the child for a period of at
least two (2) years without a dispute of the child’s legitimacy, upon a
belief by the putative father that the child is his biological child due to
fraud or mistake of fact, the presumption of paternity may only be disputed
by the putative father.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the
Oklahoma Statutes as Section <84.1> of Title <10>, unless there is created a
duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. After a determination of paternity a court shall not request the father
to pay:
1. Any arrearages or any amount for his failure to support his child prior
to the date the court issues a child support order requiring the father to
pay for the current support of that child; or
2. All or any part of the reasonable expenses of the mother’s pregnancy and
confinement,
if prior to the initial filing of an action to determine the paternity with
respect to the father, the father had no knowledge and had no reason to have
knowledge of his alleged paternity of the child.
B. The mother of the child shall establish that the father had or should have
had knowledge of the paternity of the child by showing, by a preponderance of
the evidence, that she performed a reasonable and documented effort to
contact and notify the alleged father of his paternity of the child.
C. A party is entitled to obtain modifications of an existing order for
arrearages under this division regardless of whether the judgment, court
order, or administrative support order from which relief is sought was issued
prior to, on, or after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the
Oklahoma Statutes as Section <120.1> of Title <43>, unless there is created a
duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A person may file a motion for relief from a final judgment, court order,
or administrative determination or order that:
1. Determines that the person is the father of a child; or
2. Requires the person to pay child support.
The person shall file the motion in the county in which the original
judgment, court order, or administrative determination or order was made.
B. Upon the motion of any adverse party or upon its own motion, the court in
which an action is brought pursuant to this section may transfer the action
to the county in which an adverse party resides when it appears to the court
that the location of the original venue presents hardship for that adverse
party.
C. 1. Upon the filing of a motion for relief pursuant to the provisions of
this section, a court shall grant relief from a final judgment, court order,
or administrative determination or order that determines that a person is the
father of a child or that requires a person to pay child support for a child
if all of the following apply:
a. the court receives genetic test results from a genetic test
administered no more than six (6) months prior to the filing of the motion
for relief that finds that there is a zero percent probability that the
person is the father of the child,
b. the person has not adopted the child,
c. the child was not conceived as a result of artificial insemination, and
d. the person proves by clear and convincing evidence prior to the filing
of the motion that he reasonably believed the child was his biological child
on the basis of fraud or material mistake of fact.
2. A court shall not deny relief from a final judgment, court order, or
administrative determination or order that determines that a person is the
father of a child or that requires a person to pay child support for a child
solely because of the occurrence of any of the following acts if the person
proves by clear and convincing evidence at the time of or prior to the
occurrence of the act did not know that he was not the natural father of the
child:
a. the person married the mother of the child,
b. the person was named as the child’s natural father on the child’s
birth certificate with the valid consent of the person,
c. the person was required to support the child because of a written
voluntary promise or by a court order or an administrative support order,
d. the person was presumed to be the natural father of the child pursuant
to any of the circumstances listed in Section 2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, or
e. the person otherwise admitted or acknowledged himself to be the child’s
natural father.
D. 1. In any action for relief instituted pursuant to this section, the
court shall order the child’s mother, the child, and the putative father or
legally determined father to submit to genetic tests.
2. If the mother is the custodian of the child and willfully fails to submit
the child to genetic testing, if the putative father or legally determined
father of the child willfully fails to submit himself to genetic testing, or
if the putative father or legally determined father is the custodian of the
child and willfully fails to submit the child to genetic testing, the court
shall issue an order determining the motion for relief against the party
failing to submit the party or the child to the genetic testing. If a party
shows good cause for failing to submit to genetic testing or for failing to
submit the child to genetic testing, the court shall not consider the failure
to be willful.
3. The party bringing the action shall pay any fees charged for the tests,
unless the custodian of the child is represented by the Department of Human
Services in its role as the agency providing enforcement of child support
orders, in which case the Department shall pay the costs of genetic testing.
The Department or the person who paid the fees charged for the genetic
testing may seek reimbursement for the fees from the person against whom the
court assesses the costs of the action.
E. If a court grants relief from a judgment, court order, or administrative
determination or order pursuant to this section and the person who is
relieved from the judgment, order, or determination, or any parent of the
person or has been granted visitation rights with the child pursuant to a
court order, the court shall determine whether the order granting those
rights should be terminated, modified, or continued.
F. If a court grants relief from a judgment, court order, or administrative
order for the payment of child support pursuant to this section and child
support arrearages are owed, the court shall issue an order canceling that
arrearage.
G. If relief from a judgment, court order, or administrative order for the
payment of child support is not granted pursuant to this section, the court
shall require the person who filed the motion for relief to pay all court
costs of the action and the reasonable attorney’s fees of the opposing party.
H. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a party is entitled to
obtain relief under this section regardless of whether the final judgment,
court order, or administrative determination or order from which relief is
sought was issued prior to, on, or after the effective date of this section.
SECTION 4.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 16, 2017
January 14, 2017
I am currently organizing the collected testimony to present alongside the draft legislation during our upcoming legislative review committee meeting. The legal team is finalizing the language for the amendment to ensure we address the specific loopholes in current paternity statutes. We have initiated contact with several policy analysts to verify that this bill meets all procedural requirements for a formal hearing.
Reached 100 supporters
January 13, 2017
249 Comments
I think if it's not their child, the biological father should have to pay. It's happened to a dear friend of ours and it's totally WRONG!! If a mother wants to lie to her daughter, that's wrong on the mother's part. But don't make a man pay that doesn't have too.
As a woman who raised two kids on her own without the support of the father because he didn't want to pay. this infuriates me that a woman would try to force a man to pay for a child that was not his, the true father should pay for his child not somebody else paying for them.
There should be no time limitation for DNA testing. If the mother lied about parentage and can be proved in court the guy should be let off are reimbursed any money he has paid for support. And the correct man fined.
This is an absolutely ridiculous law! There's no reason a man needs to pay for 18 years after she FRAUDULENTLY managed to convince him he's the father for a little over 2 years! Fathers (and non-fathers) have rights, too!
no person should ever be forced to pay child support when the paternity test comes back that they are not the father. The only time that should ever happen is if the child was a legally adopted by the father.
ive seen you on you tube . support you 100% .. check my petition and www.enoughabuse.net I am a new member of www.womenagaisntpaternityfraud.org we need to unite and show numbers .....
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The state legislature has officially moved to adopt these updates to the paternity statutes. I have confirmed that the final language includes the specific relief mechanisms we requested. Our legal team will monitor the implementation phase to ensure these new protocols are applied correctly in court proceedings.
March 4, 2017
Final supporters
To Introduce the endorsement for the paternity laws in Oklahoma.
What this petition will do and please read carefully.
Thank you for all your support.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to paternity and child support; amending 10 O.S.
1991, Section 3, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 356 O.S.L. 1994 (10 O.S.
Supp. 2000, Section 3), which relates to presumption of paternity;
authorizing certain presumptions to be disputed; limiting who may dispute;
specifying conditions; providing certain relief from certain arrearage for
child support for certain parties; providing for effect of certain orders;
providing for certain evidence; providing who may bring actions; providing
for relief from certain orders relating to child support and paternity;
providing for filing and transfers; specifying conditions; requiring certain
tests; providing for failure to test; providing for certain fees; requiring
certain orders; providing for payment of certain costs; providing for
visitation; providing for effect of certain orders; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY <10> O.S. 1991, Section <3>, as< >amended by
Section <2>, Chapter <356>, O.S.L. 19<94> (<10> O.S. Supp. 2000, Section <3>
), is amended to read as follows:
Section <3>. A. The presumption of paternity created pursuant to Section 2
of this title may be disputed only by the husband or wife, the putative
father or their descendants. Paternity may be established pursuant to
Section 70 of this title.
B. If a child is born during the course of the marriage and is reared by the
husband and wife as a member of their family without disputing the child's
legitimacy for a period of at least two (2) years, the presumption cannot be
disputed by anyone may only be disputed by the husband upon a showing of all
of the following:
1. A genetic test administered no more than six (6) months prior to the
filing of a motion for relief that finds that there is a zero percent
probability that the husband is the father of the child;
2. The husband has not adopted the child or the child was not conceived as a
result of artificial insemination; and
3. The husband proves by clear and convincing evidence prior to the filing
of the motion that he reasonably believed the child was his biological child
on the basis of fraud or material mistake of fact.
C. If a child is reared by a putative father of the child for a period of at
least two (2) years without a dispute of the child’s legitimacy, upon a
belief by the putative father that the child is his biological child due to
fraud or mistake of fact, the presumption of paternity may only be disputed
by the putative father.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the
Oklahoma Statutes as Section <84.1> of Title <10>, unless there is created a
duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. After a determination of paternity a court shall not request the father
to pay:
1. Any arrearages or any amount for his failure to support his child prior
to the date the court issues a child support order requiring the father to
pay for the current support of that child; or
2. All or any part of the reasonable expenses of the mother’s pregnancy and
confinement,
if prior to the initial filing of an action to determine the paternity with
respect to the father, the father had no knowledge and had no reason to have
knowledge of his alleged paternity of the child.
B. The mother of the child shall establish that the father had or should have
had knowledge of the paternity of the child by showing, by a preponderance of
the evidence, that she performed a reasonable and documented effort to
contact and notify the alleged father of his paternity of the child.
C. A party is entitled to obtain modifications of an existing order for
arrearages under this division regardless of whether the judgment, court
order, or administrative support order from which relief is sought was issued
prior to, on, or after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the
Oklahoma Statutes as Section <120.1> of Title <43>, unless there is created a
duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A person may file a motion for relief from a final judgment, court order,
or administrative determination or order that:
1. Determines that the person is the father of a child; or
2. Requires the person to pay child support.
The person shall file the motion in the county in which the original
judgment, court order, or administrative determination or order was made.
B. Upon the motion of any adverse party or upon its own motion, the court in
which an action is brought pursuant to this section may transfer the action
to the county in which an adverse party resides when it appears to the court
that the location of the original venue presents hardship for that adverse
party.
C. 1. Upon the filing of a motion for relief pursuant to the provisions of
this section, a court shall grant relief from a final judgment, court order,
or administrative determination or order that determines that a person is the
father of a child or that requires a person to pay child support for a child
if all of the following apply:
a. the court receives genetic test results from a genetic test
administered no more than six (6) months prior to the filing of the motion
for relief that finds that there is a zero percent probability that the
person is the father of the child,
b. the person has not adopted the child,
c. the child was not conceived as a result of artificial insemination, and
d. the person proves by clear and convincing evidence prior to the filing
of the motion that he reasonably believed the child was his biological child
on the basis of fraud or material mistake of fact.
2. A court shall not deny relief from a final judgment, court order, or
administrative determination or order that determines that a person is the
father of a child or that requires a person to pay child support for a child
solely because of the occurrence of any of the following acts if the person
proves by clear and convincing evidence at the time of or prior to the
occurrence of the act did not know that he was not the natural father of the
child:
a. the person married the mother of the child,
b. the person was named as the child’s natural father on the child’s
birth certificate with the valid consent of the person,
c. the person was required to support the child because of a written
voluntary promise or by a court order or an administrative support order,
d. the person was presumed to be the natural father of the child pursuant
to any of the circumstances listed in Section 2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, or
e. the person otherwise admitted or acknowledged himself to be the child’s
natural father.
D. 1. In any action for relief instituted pursuant to this section, the
court shall order the child’s mother, the child, and the putative father or
legally determined father to submit to genetic tests.
2. If the mother is the custodian of the child and willfully fails to submit
the child to genetic testing, if the putative father or legally determined
father of the child willfully fails to submit himself to genetic testing, or
if the putative father or legally determined father is the custodian of the
child and willfully fails to submit the child to genetic testing, the court
shall issue an order determining the motion for relief against the party
failing to submit the party or the child to the genetic testing. If a party
shows good cause for failing to submit to genetic testing or for failing to
submit the child to genetic testing, the court shall not consider the failure
to be willful.
3. The party bringing the action shall pay any fees charged for the tests,
unless the custodian of the child is represented by the Department of Human
Services in its role as the agency providing enforcement of child support
orders, in which case the Department shall pay the costs of genetic testing.
The Department or the person who paid the fees charged for the genetic
testing may seek reimbursement for the fees from the person against whom the
court assesses the costs of the action.
E. If a court grants relief from a judgment, court order, or administrative
determination or order pursuant to this section and the person who is
relieved from the judgment, order, or determination, or any parent of the
person or has been granted visitation rights with the child pursuant to a
court order, the court shall determine whether the order granting those
rights should be terminated, modified, or continued.
F. If a court grants relief from a judgment, court order, or administrative
order for the payment of child support pursuant to this section and child
support arrearages are owed, the court shall issue an order canceling that
arrearage.
G. If relief from a judgment, court order, or administrative order for the
payment of child support is not granted pursuant to this section, the court
shall require the person who filed the motion for relief to pay all court
costs of the action and the reasonable attorney’s fees of the opposing party.
H. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a party is entitled to
obtain relief under this section regardless of whether the final judgment,
court order, or administrative determination or order from which relief is
sought was issued prior to, on, or after the effective date of this section.
SECTION 4.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 16, 2017
January 14, 2017
I am currently organizing the collected testimony to present alongside the draft legislation during our upcoming legislative review committee meeting. The legal team is finalizing the language for the amendment to ensure we address the specific loopholes in current paternity statutes. We have initiated contact with several policy analysts to verify that this bill meets all procedural requirements for a formal hearing.
Reached 100 supporters
January 13, 2017
249 Comments
My husband is going thru the same thing. Oklahoma will not give him a paternity test, but he is demanded to pay. He also custody of 2 kids he's no getting child support for. We need to change this law!
I think if it's not their child, the biological father should have to pay. It's happened to a dear friend of ours and it's totally WRONG!! If a mother wants to lie to her daughter, that's wrong on the mother's part. But don't make a man pay that doesn't have too.
As a woman who raised two kids on her own without the support of the father because he didn't want to pay. this infuriates me that a woman would try to force a man to pay for a child that was not his, the true father should pay for his child not somebody else paying for them.
There should be no time limitation for DNA testing. If the mother lied about parentage and can be proved in court the guy should be let off are reimbursed any money he has paid for support. And the correct man fined.
This is an absolutely ridiculous law! There's no reason a man needs to pay for 18 years after she FRAUDULENTLY managed to convince him he's the father for a little over 2 years! Fathers (and non-fathers) have rights, too!
no person should ever be forced to pay child support when the paternity test comes back that they are not the father. The only time that should ever happen is if the child was a legally adopted by the father.
ive seen you on you tube . support you 100% .. check my petition and www.enoughabuse.net I am a new member of www.womenagaisntpaternityfraud.org we need to unite and show numbers .....
please change this law
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My husband is going thru the same thing. Oklahoma will not give him a paternity test, but he is demanded to pay. He also custody of 2 kids he's no getting child support for. We need to change this law!