2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 56. Poor Persons
§56-238.1. Notice of support obligation - Service - Content - Voluntary acknowledgment of obligation.

A. For the purposes of establishing the amount of the debt which has accrued as provided for in Section 238 of this title, to establish an obligation for support in the absence of a court order of support, or to establish a judgment for support preceding the filing of the support action pursuant to Section 83 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Division may issue a notice of a support obligation to establish current support and support owed for past months in accordance with the child support guidelines, Section 118 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The notice of debt shall be served upon the obligor in the same manner prescribed for the service of summons in a civil action. The notice of obligation shall include:

1. A statement of the support debt accrued, as defined in Section 237.7 of this title;

2. The amount of monthly child support required for the minor child as determined by the child support guidelines, Section 118 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. A statement that either or both parents shall be required to provide medical support for the child, which may include health insurance, cash medical support, or a combination of both, and pay the proportionate share of medical expenses not reimbursed by insurance, as determined by the court;

4. A statement that the obligor shall be required to keep the Division informed of the obligor's current address, the name and address of the obligor's current employer and access to health insurance and other insurance policy information of the obligor;

5. A statement containing the name of the child and the name of the custodian of the child;

6. A statement that the obligor may object to all or any part of the notice of support debt at a hearing which will be held at a given location on a date specified in the notice to show cause why the obligor should not be determined liable for the support requested in the notice and for any or all of the obligation accrued or accruing, and the amount to be paid thereon; and

7. A statement that if the obligor fails to appear at the hearing, the monthly support requested and the support debt shall be made an administrative order subject to collection action and shall be filed in the office of the court clerk in the county of residence of the custodian of the child or, if the custodian resides out of state, in the county of residence of the obligor or elsewhere as provided in Section 231 et seq. of this title. The administrative order shall be enforced in the same manner as an order of the district court.

B. The Division may accept voluntary acknowledgments of support liability and stipulated support amounts. The obligor shall be informed, in the notice specified by this section, that the obligor may make voluntary acknowledgments.

C. The lump-sum judgment established for support owed prior to the establishment of the current support order shall draw interest pursuant to Section 114 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1977, c. 173, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 5, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 176, § 6, emerg. eff. May 15, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 365, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 403, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2012, c. 253, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2014, c. 171, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.