§10-7001-1.2.

§10-7001-1.2.
   
   A. It is the intent of the Legislature that Chapter 70 of this title
   shall be liberally construed, to the end that its purpose may be
   carried out.
   
   B. The paramount consideration in all proceedings concerning a child
   alleged or found to be deprived is the health and safety and the best
   interests of the child. The purpose of the laws relating to children
   alleged or found to be deprived is to:
   
   1. Secure for each such child, the permanency, care and guidance as
   will best serve the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health,
   safety and welfare of the child;
   
   2. Provide expeditious and timely judicial and agency procedures which
   protect the health, safety and welfare of the child;
   
   3. Preserve, unify and strengthen the child's family ties whenever
   possible in the child's best interests and for the health and safety
   of the child;
   
   4. Except as otherwise specified by the Oklahoma Children's Code,
   provide that reasonable efforts are made to prevent or eliminate the
   need for removing the child from the home, or to make it possible for
   the child to safely return to the family's home;
   
   5. Recognize that the right to family integrity, preservation or
   reunification is limited by the right of children to be protected from
   abuse and neglect;
   
   6. Remove the child from the custody of the parents of the child when
   the child's health, safety or welfare is in danger or the child's
   safety cannot be adequately safeguarded without removal;
   
   7. Recognize that permanency is in the best interests of the child;
   
   8. Ensure that, in the best interests of the child, when family
   rehabilitation and reunification are not possible or are determined
   not to be necessary pursuant to the Oklahoma Children's Code, the
   child will be expeditiously placed with an adoptive family or in
   another permanent living arrangement; and
   
   9. Assure adequate and appropriate care and treatment for the child,
   with the use of the least restrictive method of treatment or placement
   consistent with the treatment or placement needs of the child.