Oklahoma's General Adoption Statutes
Oklahoma
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: Tit. 10, § 7504-1.1
- • Department of Human Services
- • Child placement agency
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Statute: Tit. 10, § 7504-1.1
- • Medical, dental, and psychological records
- • Any illnesses, accidents, allergies, or birth
defects
- • Educational and immunization records
- • Developmental history
- • Any behavioral problems
- • Any history of abuse
- • Eligibility for subsidies
Contents of Report About Birth Parents
Statute: Tit. 10, § 7504-1.1
- • Medical, social, and psychological history
- • Gynecological and obstetric history of the
mother
- • Consumption of drugs or alcohol by the mother
- • Exposure to toxic substances
- • Physical characteristics
- • Medical and psychological history of relatives
- • Hereditary predispositions
- • Whether parents are related
- • History of sexually transmitted diseases
- • Circumstances leading to adoption
- • Criminal conviction of abuse; neglect;
abandonment of adoptee, sibling, or other biological parent
Contents of Report About Adoptive Parents Statute: Tit. 10, §
7505-5.3
- • Suitability
- • Verification that the home is a healthy, safe
environment
- • Marital status
- • Employment; income
- • Access to medical care
- • Physical health and history
- • Criminal background check
- • Child abuse registry check
Note: Background checks apply to all
members of the prospective adoptive household.
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