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§43-107.1.
§43-107.1.
A. 1. In an action for divorce where there are minor children
involved, the court shall not issue a final order thereon for at least
ninety (90) days from the date of filing the petition which ninety
(90) days may be waived by the court for good cause shown and without
objection by either party.
2. The court may require that within the ninety-day period specified
by paragraph 1 of this subsection, the parties attend and complete an
educational program specified by Section 8 of this act.
B. This section shall not apply to divorces filed for any of the
following causes:
1. Abandonment for one (1) year;
2. Extreme cruelty;
3. Habitual drunkenness;
4. Imprisonment of the other party in a state or federal penal
institution under sentence thereto for the commission of a felony at
the time the petition is filed;
5. The procurement of a final divorce decree outside this state by a
husband or wife which does not in this state release the other party
from the obligations of the marriage; and
6. Insanity for a period of five (5) years, the insane person having
been an inmate of a state institution for the insane in the State of
Oklahoma, or an inmate of a state institution for the insane in some
other state for such period, or an inmate of a private sanitarium, and
affected with a type of insanity with a poor prognosis for recovery.
C. After a petition has been filed in an action for divorce where
there are minor children involved, the court may make any such order
concerning property, children, support and expenses of the suit as
provided for in Section 110 of this title, to be enforced during the
pendency of the action, as may be right and proper.
D. The court may issue a final order in an action for divorce where
minor children are involved before the ninety-day time period set
forth in subsection A of this section has expired, if the parties
voluntarily participate in marital or family counseling and the court
finds reconciliation is unlikely.
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