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Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 1616 (2026)

Renumbered as § 516 of Title 43 by Laws 1990, c. 188, §

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1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1981–1995 · leading case: G.S. v. Ewing, 786 P.2d 65 (Okla. 1990).
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G.S. v. Ewing, 786 P.2d 65 (Okla. 1990). · cites it 10× “Because the mother and the father each fail to acknowledge the difference between jurisdiction to make an initial custody decree and jurisdiction to modify a custody decree, both parties misconceive the problem.”
Application of Guthrie, 792 P.2d 1197 (Okla. Civ. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “” The trial court, after hearing the resident father demonstrate his discontinued relationship with the children, then wholly ignored both the intervening action of the Oregon court and its legitimate assumption of jurisdiction, and the Oklahoma trial court’s lack of authority…”
Holt v. Dist. Court, 626 P.2d 1336 (Okla. 1981). · cites it 2× “§ 1610(A), mandatory in certain cases when modification is sought "[u]nless required in the interest of the child.”
Holt v. Dist. Court for the Twentieth Jud. Dist., Ardmore, Carter Cnty., 626 P.2d 1336 (Okla. 1981). · cites it 2× “10 O.S.Supp.1980 § 1616. . Carson v. Carson, 29 Or.”
Magers v. Magers, 645 P.2d 1039 (Okla. Civ. App. 1982). “The limitation upon the exercise of jurisdiction is succinctly stated at 10 O.S.Supp.1980, § 1616 wherein the courts of Oklahoma are advised: A.”
Petty v. Petty, 890 P.2d 1364 (Okla. Civ. App. 1995). “There it was held that under 10 O.S.1981 § 1616 (now renumbered as 43 O.”
Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 1616(A): 2 cases
Holt v. Dist. Court, 626 P.2d 1336 (Okla. 1981). “§ 1610(A), mandatory in certain cases when modification is sought "[u]nless required in the interest of the child.”
Holt v. Dist. Court for the Twentieth Jud. Dist., Ardmore, Carter Cnty., 626 P.2d 1336 (Okla. 1981). “10 O.S.Supp.1980 § 1616. . Carson v. Carson, 29 Or.”
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