ICPC State Pages

About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

For more information, please visit the AAICPC website.

Contact the AAICPC

American Public Human Services Association
1133 Nineteenth Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 682-0100
fax: (202) 289-6555

Web Manager: Carla Fults [cfults@aphsa.org]

Click on a state to see it's page:

ICPC STATE Pages

Oklahoma

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central · Phone: (405) 522-3947 · Fax: (405) 522-2433

Oklahoma Adoption

Oklahoma permits the following types of adoptions in addition to public adoptions:

Adoption Type	Yes/No
Private Agency	Yes
Private Attorney	Yes
Independent	Yes

Adoption Statute-Non-Agency; Independent; Private Adoptions:

Oklahoma Adoption Code, Title 10, Oklahoma Statutes, Sections 7501-1.1 to 7511-1.4

Public

Public Adoptive Placement-Requirements:

Oklahoma does not accept ICPC Adoption requests for direct adoptive placments of public custody children, with Oklahoma Human Services as the home study and supervision agency. Oklahoma requires that public custody children first be placed via an approved ICPC relative or ICPC foster approval for a minimum of 90 days, prior to a request for an ICPC adoption request being accepted by OK ICPC for assessment by Oklahoma Human Services. If a placing authority wishes to place a public custody child into a direct adoptive placement, the placing authority may contract with a private child placing agency for home study and post-placement supervison services.

Adoption Assistance

Adoption assistance payments begin:

At the time the child is placed

Sending State Adoption Subsidy Payments (Guidelines):

Special Needs

Oklahoma definition of "Special Needs":

Finalization

Adoption may be finalized in another state:

Before finalization can occur in Oklahoma, child must be in adoptive placement:

6 months
Other

The court may waive a portion of the Interlocutory or post-placement period.

Statutory code/cite for Adoption Petition:

Oklahoma Adoption Code, Title 10, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 7505-3.1

Court Jurisdiction for Adoption Cases:

Home Study (Adoptions)

Statutory code/cite for the Adoptive Home Studies:

Oklahoma Adoption Code, Title 10, Oklahoma Statutes, 7505-5.1 through 7505-5.4