Oklahoma § 22-60.22 - Definitions

§ 22-60.22. Definitions

As used in the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic

Violence Protection Orders Act:

1. “Foreign protection order” means a protection order issued

by a tribunal of another state;

2. “Issuing state” means the state whose tribunal issues a

protection order;

3. “Mutual foreign protection order” means a foreign protection

order that includes provisions in favor of both the protected

individual seeking enforcement of the order and the respondent;

4. “Protected individual” means an individual protected by a

protection order;

5. “Protection order” means an injunction or other order,

issued by a tribunal under the domestic violence, family violence,

or anti-stalking laws of the issuing state, to prevent an individual

from engaging in violent or threatening acts against, harassment of,

contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another

individual;

6. “Respondent” means the individual against whom enforcement

of a protection order is sought;

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7. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any

territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band that has

jurisdiction to issue protection orders; and

8. “Tribunal” means a court, agency, or other entity authorized

by law to issue or modify a protection order.

Added by Laws 2008, c. 76, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.