2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 30. Guardian and Ward
§30-4-404. Costs - Appointment of guardian to authorize entry into armed forces – Performance of conditions.
A. No costs shall be required by the court clerk in any guardianship proceeding where the proceeding is for the purpose of appointing a guardian to approve or authorize the ward to enter the armed forces of the United States.
B. If the court waives the report, the court may waive the fee for the filing of the annual guardianship report required by Section 152 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for a guardian or limited guardian of the person of an incapacitated or partially incapacitated person or for a guardian of the person of a minor.
C. The clerk of the district court in which an application for a relative guardianship, defined as an application for the care and custody of a child to be transferred to an adult relative of the child within the third degree of consanguinity, is filed shall collect as court costs a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The court may waive the fee if, in the opinion of the court, it creates a financial hardship for the individual applying for a relative guardianship.
D. The performance of such conditions shall be a part of the duties of the guardian, for the faithful performance of which the guardian and the sureties on the guardian’s bond are responsible.
Added by Laws 1943, p. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. March 22, 1943. Renumbered from § 782 of Title 58 by Laws 1988, c. 329, § 134, eff. Dec. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 322, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001; Laws 2010, c. 358, § 8, emerg. eff. June 7, 2010.
