2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code
§10A-1-4-303. Summons - Contents – Waiver of service.

A. 1. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall schedule a hearing and shall issue a summons requiring the parents, legal guardian, custodian, the child if the child is twelve (12) or more years of age, and any other persons the court determines to be proper or necessary parties to the proceedings to appear personally before the court at the date, time, and place stated in the summons. The court may endorse upon the summons an order directing the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person having the physical custody or control of the child to bring the child to the hearing.

2. The summons shall be attached to a copy of the petition and shall advise the parties of the right to counsel, including the right of the child’s parent or legal guardian to court-appointed counsel if indigent.

3. The summons shall state the relief requested, including notice that child support may be ordered or modified and that the child’s paternity, if at issue, may be established.

4. The summons shall also contain, in type at least as large as the balance of the document, the following or substantially similar language: "FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS OR TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS CHILD (OR THESE CHILDREN) AS DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND MAY ULTIMATELY RESULT IN LOSS OF CUSTODY OF THIS CHILD OR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD."

B. A party other than the child may waive service of summons in writing or by voluntary appearance at the hearing. A child’s counsel may waive service of summons on the child’s behalf.

C. If it subsequently appears that a person who should have been served was not served and has not entered an appearance, the court shall immediately order the issuance of a summons which shall be served on the person.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 282, § 104, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 259, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1981, c. 238, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Laws 1988, c. 318, § 2, emerg. eff. July 6, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 238, § 3, emerg. eff. May 21, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 342, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 352, § 18, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1104 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 353, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 421, § 9, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998; Laws 2009, c. 233, § 23, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7003-3.4 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 233, § 231, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.