Oklahoma § 10-1424 - Department as next friend of institutionalized persons Procuring appoint of guardian
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§ 10-1424. Department as next friend of institutionalized persons Procuring appoint of guardian
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children
The State Department of Public Welfare shall have the power and
the Department shall have the duty to appear as next friend for all
minor orphans, incompetents, dependents and delinquents who are
inmates of any public institution maintained and operated by the
state, county, city or municipality before the district court having
probate jurisdiction, and ask that legal guardians be appointed for
the estates of such minor orphans, incompetents, dependents and
delinquents when it appears that such persons have an interest in
some estate, legacy, or property, and shall have such power and
authority in any and all litigation where interests of such persons
may require to be prosecuted or defended or instituted in any and
all courts in this state.
The State Department of Public Welfare, in addition to the
foregoing, is hereby empowered to intervene as next friend in cases
of all minor orphans in this state when it is shown or appears to
the Department that the estate of such minors is being mismanaged or
dishonestly administered.
R.L.1910, § 8101; Laws 1910-11, c. 25, p. 45, § 1; Laws 1978, c.
244, § 36, eff. July 1, 1978. Renumbered from Title 74, § 181 by
Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48, emerg. eff. May 28, 1982.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-1424 ("Department as next friend of institutionalized persons Procuring appoint of guardian") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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