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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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