Oklahoma § 12-1633 - Notice - Protest - Hearing date – Continuance - Waiver

§ 12-1633. Notice - Protest - Hearing date – Continuance - Waiver

A. Notice of filing of the petition shall be given, in the

manner provided for publication notice in civil cases, by publishing

the same one time at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for

hearing in some newspaper authorized by law to publish legal notices

printed in the county where the petition is filed if there be any

printed in such county, and if there be none, then in some such

newspaper printed in this state of general circulation in that

county. The notice shall contain the style and number of the case,

the time, date and place where the same is to be heard, and that any

person may file a written protest in the case prior to the date set

for the hearing. The hearing date may be any day after completion

of the publication. The court or judge, for cause, may continue the

matter to a later date.

B. The court may waive the publication requirements of this

section for good cause which includes, but is not limited to, cases

of domestic violence in which the court proceedings are sealed.

Added by Laws 1953, p. 57, § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1953. Amended

by Laws 1955, p. 141, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955; Laws 1976, c.

113, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1976; Laws 2006, c. 136, § 3, eff.

Nov. 1, 2006.