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§10-7505-4.3.
§10-7505-4.3.
A. If, at any time in a proceeding for adoption or for termination of
a relationship of parent and child pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption
Code, the court finds that an unknown father or putative father of the
child may not have received notice, the court shall determine whether
he can be identified. The determination must be based on evidence that
includes inquiry of appropriate persons in an effort to identify an
unknown father or putative father for the purpose of providing notice.
B. The inquiry required by subsection A of this section must include
whether:
1. The woman who gave birth to the child was married at the probable
time of conception of the child, or at a later time;
2. The woman was cohabiting with a man at the probable time of
conception of the child;
3. The woman has received payments or promises of support, other than
from a governmental agency, with respect to the child or because of
her pregnancy;
4. The woman has named any individual as the father on the birth
certificate of the child or in connection with applying for or
receiving public assistance; and
5. Any individual has formally or informally acknowledged or claimed
paternity of the child in a jurisdiction in which the woman resided
during or since her pregnancy, or in which the child has resided or
resides, at the time of the inquiry.
C. If inquiry pursuant to subsection B of this section identifies as
the father or putative father of the child an individual who has not
received notice of the proceeding, the court shall require notice to
be served upon him pursuant to Section 7505-2.1 or 7505-4.1 of this
title.
D. If, in an inquiry pursuant to this section, the woman who gave
birth to the child fails to disclose the identity of a possible father
or reveal his whereabouts, she must be advised that the lack of
information about the father's medical and genetic history may be
detrimental to the child. She should also be advised that any false
statement that she might make under oath or affirmation at a hearing
or trial before the court regarding her knowledge of the identity or
whereabouts of a possible father, if she knows or believes that the
statement is not true or intends thereby to obstruct the ascertainment
of the truth, could constitute grounds for a criminal prosecution for
perjury.
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