Oklahoma Code § 43-601-605

Title 43. Marriage And Family: Notice of registration of order
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A.  When a support order or income-withholding order issued in
another state or a foreign support order is registered, the
registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering
party.  The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered
order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the
order.
B.  A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
1.  That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of
registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of
this state;
2.  That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the
registered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after
notice unless the registered order is under Section 601-707 of this
title;
3.  That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the
registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of
the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages;
and
4.  Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
C.  If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are
in effect, a notice shall also:

1.  Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the
registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated
arrears, if any;
2.  Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a
determination of which is the controlling order;
3.  State that the procedures provided in subsection B of this
section apply to the determination of which is the controlling
order; and
4.  State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of
the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may
result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
D.  Upon registration of an income-withholding order for
enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering
tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the income-
withholding law of this state.

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