Oklahoma Code § 43-118A

Title 43. Marriage And Family: Definitions
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As used in Section 118 et seq. of this title:
1.  "Adjusted Gross Income" (AGI) means the net determination of
the income of a parent, calculated by modifying the gross income of
the parent as follows:
a. adding to the gross income of the parent any Social
Security benefit paid to the child on the account of
the parent,
b. deducting from gross income the amount of any support
alimony arising in a prior case to the extent that
payment is actually made,
c. deducting from gross income any deductions as set
forth for other prior-born or after-born children for
whom the parent is legally responsible and is actually
supporting, pursuant to Section 118C of this title,
and
d. deducting the amount of reasonable expenses of the
parties attributable to debt service for preexisting,
jointly acquired debt of the parents;
2.  "Base child support obligation" means the amount of support
displayed on the Schedule of Basic Child Support Obligations which
corresponds to the combined AGI of both parents and the number of
children for whom support is being determined.  This amount is
rebuttably presumed to be the appropriate amount of basic child
support to be provided by both parents in the case immediately under

consideration, prior to consideration of any adjustments for medical
and child care costs, and any other additional expenses;
3.  "Current monthly child support obligation" means the base
child support obligation and the proportional share of any health
care coverage, cash medical support and annualized child care costs;
4.  "Custodial person" means a parent or third-party caretaker
who has physical custody of a child more than one hundred eighty-two
(182) days per year;
5.  "Incarceration" means an obligor is in custody on a full-
time basis in a local, state or federal correctional facility.
Incarceration shall not include probation, parole, work release or
any other detention alternative program that allows the obligor to
be gainfully employed;
6.  "Noncustodial parent" means a parent who has physical
custody of a child one hundred eighty-two (182) days per year or
less;
7.  "Obligor" means the person who is required to make payments
under an order for support;
8.  "Obligee" or "person entitled" means:
a. a person to whom a support debt or support obligation
is owed,
b. the Department of Human Services or a public agency of
another state that has the right to receive current or
accrued support payments or that is providing support
enforcement services, or
c. a person designated in a support order or as otherwise
specified by the court;
9.  "Other contributions" means recurring monthly medical
expenses and visitation transportation costs that are not included
in the current monthly child support obligation;
10.  "Overnight" means the child is in the physical custody and
control of a parent for an overnight period of at least twelve (12)
hours, and that parent has made a reasonable expenditure of
resources for the care of the child;
11.  "Parent" means an individual who has a parent-child
relationship under the Uniform Parentage Act;
12.  "Parenting time adjustment" means an adjustment to the base
child support amount based upon parenting time; and
13.  "Payor" means any person or entity paying monies, income,
or earnings to an obligor.  In the case of a self-employed person,
the "payor" and "obligor" may be the same person.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 407, § 2, eff. July 1, 2009.  Amended by Laws
2016, c. 289, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2021, c. 286, § 1, eff.
Nov. 1, 2021.

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