Oklahoma Code § 43-601-305

Title 43. Marriage And Family: Duties and powers of responding tribunal
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A.  When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition
or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly
pursuant to subsection B of Section 601-301 of this title, it shall
cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner
where and when it was filed.
B.  A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not
prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:

1.   Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child
support order, determine the controlling child support order or
determine parentage of a child;
2.  Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying
the amount and the manner of compliance;
3.  Order income withholding;
4.  Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method
of payment;
5.  Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
6.  Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
7.  Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
8.  Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the
obligor's current residential address, electronic mail address,
telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone
number at the place of employment;
9.  Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after
proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and
enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for
criminal warrants;
10.  Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by
specified methods;
11.  Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs;
and
12.  Grant any other available remedy.
C.  A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a
support order issued pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family
Support Act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the
calculations on which the support order is based.
D.  A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the
payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by
a party with provisions for visitation.
E.  If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under
this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the
petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if
any.
F.  If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or
judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a
responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in
the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the
applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

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