Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 75 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter 16 - Behavioral Health Treatment Services
Part 1 - INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES
Section 340:75-16-39 - Victim's protection order

When family members are threatened with imminent physical harm by their child, age 13 years or older, the parent(s) contacts the local county court clerk's office and requests a Victim's Protection Order (VPO) petition form. The court clerk then files the petition requesting a hearing be set placing the child in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), per Section 60.1 et seq. of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. OJA is responsible for placement of the child.

Added at 19 Ok Reg 2208, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 867, eff 4-26-04