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§43A-5-511.
§43A-5-511.
A. Hearings pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health Treatment of
Children Act shall be private unless specifically ordered by the judge
to be conducted in public, but persons having a direct interest in the
case shall be admitted. Stenographic notes or other transcript of the
hearings shall be kept as in other cases, but they shall not be open
to inspection except by order of the court or as otherwise provided by
Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes for court records relating to
children.
B. The child may remain silent as a matter of right in hearings
pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health Treatment of Children Act and
shall be so advised.
C. A decision determining a child to be a child in need of mental
health treatment must be based on sworn testimony and the child must
have the opportunity for cross-examination unless the facts are
stipulated. Where the facts are stipulated, the judge must ascertain
from the child if he agrees with the stipulation and if he understands
the consequences of stipulating the facts.
D. In hearings to determine whether a child is in need of mental
health treatment, the child shall have the right to demand a trial by
jury, which shall be granted as in other cases, unless waived, or the
judge on his own motion may call a jury to try any such case. Such
jury shall consist of six (6) persons.
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