Oklahoma Guardianship Planning

Oklahoma guardianship is a district court proceeding under the Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act, 30 O.S. § 1-101 et seq. One appointment can cover the person, the property, or both. An adult who still has capacity can pick the guardian in advance under 30 O.S. § 3-102, and that signed nomination binds the court unless the judge disqualifies the person named.

Two boundaries set the scope of this page. Guardianship deals with a living person, so it is not probate: 30 O.S. § 4-803(A) ends a guardian's authority at the ward's death, and the estate becomes a separate case described in the Oklahoma probate guide. And the forum never changes. Guardianship venue sits in the district court of the county where the person lives, or where the proposed guardian lives if that person is family, under 30 O.S. § 1-115(A). Oklahoma has no separate probate court, so the answer is the district court in all 77 counties. Find the court clerk through the Oklahoma courts directory.

Every rule below was read in the Oklahoma Legislature's official complete-title compilation of Title 30, current through the 2025 session. Read the page as a planning map rather than a filing kit. It is general information about Oklahoma law, not advice about your family. A guardianship case strips decisions away from an adult, so ask a licensed Oklahoma attorney to look at any petition or plan before you rely on it.

Oklahoma Uses the Word Conservator Differently

Start here, because national content gets Oklahoma backwards. In most states a guardian handles the person and a conservator handles the money. Oklahoma does not split the roles that way.

• A guardian takes care of the person or the property of another. 30 O.S. § 1-109(A) defines a general guardian as a guardian of the person, of all the ward's property in the state, or of both, and § 1-109(B) defines a limited guardian as one holding only the powers the court lists. So the money role in an ordinary adult case is a guardian of the property, not a conservator.
• A conservator in Oklahoma is a narrow, voluntary arrangement. 30 O.S. § 3-211 reaches a person who is unable to manage property by reason of physical disability only and who consents, and § 3-212 says a conservator shall not be appointed if the person does not consent. Notice runs at least five days before the hearing, and the person attends if able.
• Guardians ad litem are a third thing. 30 O.S. § 1-106 includes general, limited and special guardians in the word guardian, and expressly excludes guardians ad litem.

The trade-off in a conservatorship is worth reading before anyone signs up for it. Under 30 O.S. § 3-219, once a conservator is appointed the ward loses the power to enter a contract creating an obligation against the estate, except for necessities. The person keeps every decision about their own body and life, and gives up the checkbook.

Who a Guardianship Is For

Oklahoma grades the appointment to the impairment, and it defines two levels rather than one.

An incapacitated person is an adult impaired by mental illness, an intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability, drug or alcohol dependency, or a similar cause, whose ability to receive and evaluate information or to make and communicate responsible decisions is impaired to the point that the person cannot meet essential requirements for physical health or safety, or cannot manage financial resources. A partially incapacitated person meets that description only in part, and cannot meet those requirements without the assistance of a limited guardian. Both definitions sit at 30 O.S. § 1-111(A).

Two prongs have to line up. A diagnosis alone proves nothing under either definition, because the statute also asks what the person can actually do.

The finding drives the order. Under 30 O.S. § 3-112(A), a person found incapacitated gets a general guardian of the person plus a guardian of the property where the court finds one necessary. Under § 3-112(B), a person found partially incapacitated gets a limited guardian of the person, a guardian of the property, or a combination, and § 3-113 requires the order to spell out the specific limits. A partially incapacitated ward stays legally competent in every area the order does not expressly restrict, and the court makes findings on retained capacities such as voting.

Naming Your Own Guardian, and How Far the Nomination Binds the Court

This is the part most Oklahoma summaries skip, and the statute asks only for a signed writing.

30 O.S. § 3-102(A) lets every person 18 or older who is of sound mind and not acting under duress, menace, fraud or undue influence nominate a guardian of the person and property, or of either. The nomination is binding on any court having jurisdiction of said guardianship, subject only to the court disqualifying the nominee. Subsection (B) sets the formalities: the nomination has to be in writing, signed by the person making it, and substantially in the form the statute prints under the heading Nomination of Guardian by an Adult. That form asks for the nominee's name, current residence and relationship, the city and state of signing, and the date. It still ends with a "19__" year blank, a leftover from the section's 1961 origin, and the statute asks for a writing substantially in that form rather than an exact reproduction of it.

Read what the section does not say. It states no witness requirement and no notary requirement for the nomination itself, and it says the nomination shall be proved in the same manner as any other writing. That is a reading of the text rather than a gap in this page. Most people sign the nomination alongside documents that carry their own execution rules, and a notarized signature is harder to attack later than a bare one.

Three more rules make the nomination sturdier than a wish:

1. An alternate can be named. 30 O.S. § 3-102(C) lets a person nominate an alternate guardian or guardians to act if an earlier choice cannot or will not serve. If the nominee is unable, unwilling or cannot qualify, § 3-105 has the court make that finding and proceed as though no nomination had been made, taking any alternate into account.
2. The most recent one wins. Under § 3-102(D), the most recent nomination controls. If two bear the same most recent date, the court may appoint one nominee or several as coguardians.
3. A power of attorney can carry it. 58 O.S. § 3008(A) lets a principal nominate a guardian of the estate or the person inside the power of attorney itself, and except for good cause or disqualification the court appoints in accordance with the most recent nomination. Subsection (B) adds something few states say out loud: a later court appointment does not terminate the power of attorney. The agent becomes accountable to the fiduciary as well as to the principal, and the agent's authority continues unless the court limits, suspends or terminates it. The document details sit in the Oklahoma power of attorney guide.

Family members get a nomination right too. Under 30 O.S. § 3-103, a parent of an unmarried incapacitated person, the spouse of a married one, or an adult child already serving as guardian may nominate a successor by will or other writing, to serve on the nominator's death or incapacity. That nominee sits third in the priority list.

The residency trap that voids a well-meant choice

Naming a trusted friend who lives in Dallas or Denver usually does not work. 30 O.S. § 4-104(B) makes only a person who has been a good-faith Oklahoma resident for the past year eligible to serve as guardian, with one carve-out: a nonresident may serve for their own spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew. Subsection (A) separately limits appointment to a citizen or legal resident of, or person legally present in, the United States. Eligibility under that list is what decides whether a named person can serve at all, and the § 3-102(C) alternate is the mechanism the statute supplies for a nomination whose first choice turns out to be ineligible.

Where no nomination exists, 30 O.S. § 3-104(A) runs the ladder instead: the person's own nominee, a guardian already appointed in another state where the person resides, a nominee named by a deceased parent, spouse or adult child who had been serving, the spouse, an adult child, a parent, a sibling, a court-approved person the individual has lived with for more than six months before the petition, and a qualified volunteer under the Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act. An owner, operator, administrator or employee of a nursing home, residential care home or group home cannot serve for a resident of that facility unless they are the spouse or a relative within the second degree.

The Alternatives That Keep a Case From Starting

Since November 1, 2021, Oklahoma law does more than encourage the smaller option. 30 O.S. § 3-111(B) tells a court that has already found incapacity to weigh less restrictive alternatives and then dismiss the action if they are feasible and adequate. An order appointing anyone has to include a specific finding, established by clear and convincing evidence, that the person's identified needs require a guardianship instead. 30 O.S. § 1-111(A)(13) defines the term to include supported decision making, appropriate technological assistance, a representative payee, and an agent the individual appointed under a power of attorney for health care or finances.

Six arrangements do the protective work without a court file.

• A durable financial power of attorney under the Oklahoma Uniform Power of Attorney Act, 58 O.S. §§ 3001 through 3045. A power of attorney created under that act is durable by default, and it can carry the guardian nomination described above.
• An advance directive with a health care proxy under the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act. 63 O.S. § 3101.4 asks for the declarant's signature and two witnesses 18 or older who are not legatees, devisees or heirs at law. The Oklahoma advance directive guide covers the execution rules, which trip up more readers than any other document on this list.
• Family consent to health care with no court at all. For a patient who cannot decide and who named nobody, 63 O.S. § 3102.4 authorizes the first available and willing class in a statutory list: a court-appointed guardian, then a health care proxy, an attorney-in-fact with health care authority, the spouse, adult children, parents, adult siblings, other relatives in order of kinship, and finally close friends familiar with the person's values. A majority controls inside a divided class. Many families never need a guardianship because of this section.
• Supported decision making, defined at 30 O.S. § 1-111(A)(28) as assistance from one or more people the individual chooses in understanding the nature and consequences of decisions and in communicating them. Oklahoma lists it first among the least restrictive alternatives and prescribes no form, registration or execution formalities for it, so the arrangement is informal by design.
• A representative payee where the only money at stake is a government benefit. The paying agency appoints one, no court is involved, and 30 O.S. § 1-111(A)(13) names it as an alternative a judge must weigh.
• Court-directed delivery of a small estate. Two sections skip the guardianship when the property is modest. For an adult already adjudicated incapacitated whose whole estate is $10,000 or less, 30 O.S. § 3-126 lets the court authorize a deposit with a fiduciary depositary or delivery to a suitable person, with no guardian and no bond. 30 O.S. § 2-116 does the same for a minor's estate of $10,000 or less, and allows up to $10,000 to be delivered out of a larger one.

A funded revocable trust covers assets the same way, because a successor trustee steps in without a court file. The wider picture sits in Oklahoma estate planning basics and how to avoid probate in Oklahoma.

How an Oklahoma Adult Guardianship Case Runs

If nothing was signed and an adult can no longer decide, someone files. Oklahoma front-loads the calendar, so the whole first stage is measured in weeks.

1. A verified petition. Any person interested in the welfare of the allegedly incapacitated person may file under 30 O.S. § 3-101. The petition names everyone entitled to notice, states the nature and degree of the alleged incapacity, sets out the relief requested with the supporting facts, and estimates the value of the person's intangible personal property, which later sets the bond.
2. A hearing date inside 30 days. 30 O.S. § 3-109 requires the court to set the hearing no more than 30 days after the petition is filed.
3. Notice, with a 10-day floor. 30 O.S. § 3-110(C) has the subject of the proceeding served personally at least 10 days before the hearing, and everyone else mailed first-class notice at least 10 days out. That list runs to the spouse, the person's attorney, all adult children, or if none the living parents, or if none the adult siblings, the adult children of deceased siblings and the adult grandchildren, plus any proposed guardian, the person or facility with care or custody, the Department of Human Services or the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services where either is providing services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs for a veteran. A copy of the petition goes with the notice, and notice to the subject can never be waived.
4. Counsel on request. 30 O.S. § 3-107(B) requires the court to explain on the record the purpose and potential consequences of the proceeding and the right to counsel when the person appears without a lawyer, then to ask whether they want an attorney appointed. If they ask, the court appoints. Where the court doubts the person can make that decision, it appoints anyway if that serves their best interest, and it may name a guardian ad litem to help it decide.
5. An evaluation, where capacity is contested. 30 O.S. § 3-108 lets the court order an assessment by a physician, psychologist, qualified social worker or other expert on the particular incapacity. The signed report describes the nature and extent of the incapacity, the person's daily functioning, the assistance they need, the services necessary for their well-being, and whether the incapacity is likely to lessen or grow.
6. The hearing. 30 O.S. § 3-106 gives the person the right to notice, to be present, to compel witnesses, to present evidence, to cross-examine, to appeal, to appointed counsel on request, and to ask that the proceedings be closed to the public. Presence may be waived only for good cause, with the reason and the alternatives stated on the record.
7. Findings and the order. The court must find incapacity or partial incapacity by clear and convincing evidence under 30 O.S. § 3-111(A)(4), then either dismiss under § 3-111(B)(1) or appoint with the specific finding described above. The order names the guardian, states any limits, and makes the capacity determinations § 3-113 requires. Letters of guardianship issue as the proof of authority.
8. Bond before the letters. For a guardian of a minor, and for a guardian or limited guardian of the property of an incapacitated or partially incapacitated adult, 30 O.S. § 4-201(B)(1) requires a bond of at least the value of the ward's intangible personal property before the appointment takes effect. The court may skip it where the ward's anticipated annual income plus personal property comes to less than $40,000, not counting property held with a joint tenant. Bond for a guardian of the person is discretionary under § 4-201(A).
9. Plans and inventory. A guardian of the person files a proposed plan for the ward's care and treatment within 10 days of appointment under 30 O.S. § 3-120(A), extendable by up to 30 more days. A guardian of the property files a financial management plan and a sworn inventory within two months under § 3-122(A) and § 4-301(A). 30 O.S. § 4-301(C) says the court shall not waive the inventory.
10. Annual accounting. 30 O.S. § 4-303(A) has a guardian of the property present accounts for settlement a year from appointment and at least annually after that. Each approving order fixes the date for the next report, and no report may be waived for more than five years.
11. Restoration when things change. Under 30 O.S. § 3-116, the ward, the guardian, any relative or any friend may petition to have restoration to capacity judicially determined, and the hearing is set within 30 days of filing. If the court finds the person no longer incapacitated, capacity is adjudged restored and the guardianship ceases. 30 O.S. § 3-117 then presumes full capacity once a guardian is discharged with no successor.

The Special Guardian Is the Emergency Route, and It Expires

Some situations will not wait 30 days. Oklahoma's emergency form is the special guardian, and the cap is short.

30 O.S. § 3-115(A) allows the appointment when there is imminent danger that the person's health or safety will be seriously impaired, or their financial resources seriously damaged or dissipated, unless immediate action is taken, and no one else appears to have authority to act or the existing guardian is unable or refuses to act. The request can ride inside the guardianship petition or come by separate verified petition.

The court can act without notice on a showing of incapacity, a showing that delay would bring immediate or reasonably foreseeable serious physical harm or financial impairment, and a proposed emergency plan of care. Where notice is required instead, § 3-115(C) sets the hearing within 72 hours. The special guardian receives only the powers the emergency plan supports and the court finds necessary, and moving the person's residence takes a specific finding that their needs cannot be met where they live.

Then it ends. 30 O.S. § 3-115(F) runs the appointment until a guardian is appointed or for 30 days, whichever is less, and the section carries no renewal clause. The letters themselves have to state the expiration date and the specific powers. That is why the emergency request and the full petition are so often filed together.

Naming a Guardian for Minor Children

The minor rules sit in Article II, and they reward planning more than any other part of Title 30.

A parent may nominate a guardian of a child's person, estate, or both by will or by another written instrument under 30 O.S. § 2-102, to take effect on the death of the nominating parent. Either parent may nominate for a child born in wedlock. For a child born out of wedlock, the mother may nominate, and so may a father who acknowledged or was adjudicated to be the father. A nomination by a parent whose rights were relinquished in an adoption or terminated by a district court has no effect.

The nomination guides the court rather than replacing it. 30 O.S. § 1-112(C) says no person, parent or otherwise, has any power as a guardian except by court appointment, so the named person still files and still gets appointed by a judge.

Four more rules decide how the case runs.

• Relatives come first. 30 O.S. § 2-101(A) directs that preference be given to relatives and persons who have a kinship relationship with the minor. That sentence was added by Laws 2025, c. 375, § 7, effective November 1, 2025, so any summary written before that date is missing it.
• A parent is entitled to the guardianship of a child under 14. Under 30 O.S. § 2-106, a parent competent to transact business and not otherwise unsuitable or disqualified takes it. A petitioning parent needs the other parent's endorsement where the parents are married and living together, and where both parents petition separately the court appoints the one it judges most competent to look after the child.
• Teenagers get a vote. 30 O.S. § 2-103(A) lets a minor who has turned 14 nominate their own guardian, who must be appointed if the court approves. 30 O.S. § 2-105 gives a minor whose nominee is rejected 10 days after notice to name someone suitable before the court appoints as though the minor were under 14.
• Background checks are the norm. Outside emergency placements, the court receives a criminal history check, a Sex Offenders Registration Act search and a child abuse and neglect registry search on the prospective guardian and each adult household member, and it may order a home study under the Oklahoma Adoption Code's standards, balancing the protective value against the applicant's ability to pay.

Two mechanisms cover the parent who is still alive but temporarily unavailable. The Oklahoma Standby Guardianship Act, 30 O.S. §§ 7-101 through 7-107, effective November 1, 2024, lets a parent sign a written designation naming a standby guardian whose authority begins on a triggering event such as deployment, a court proceeding or incapacity. The standby guardian holds the authority of a guardian of the person and property unless the designation narrows it, and must petition the district court for approval no later than 30 days after the triggering event. Miss that date and the authority stops under 30 O.S. § 7-104(A), then starts again when the petition is finally filed. Separately, 30 O.S. § 1-114(B)(7) lets the court enter a temporary order in the minor's best interest after a petition is filed, even ex parte, with the parties directed to show cause within 20 days.

Two endings worth knowing. Guardianship of a minor terminates at majority or a solemnized marriage under 30 O.S. § 4-803(A), and a court-appointed guardian is not discharged until one year after majority unless the court approves an earlier release. Guardianship also does not shift the cost of raising the child: an order appointing a guardian for a minor with a living parent orders each parent to pay support under the state guidelines. Where a guardian for minor children is the point, Oklahoma will requirements covers the execution rules for the will that carries the nomination.

Reports, Pay, and the Limits on a Guardian's Power

Annual duties fall on the property side, and Oklahoma writes a family exemption into them.

30 O.S. § 4-303(B)(3) excuses the annual accounting and annual plan where the ward's assets other than a homestead are worth less than $40,000 with a bond posted, or less than $10,000 with or without a bond, and the guardian of the property is the ward's spouse or a relative within the fourth degree. Everything else reports every year, states any change to the inventory, and asks the court to approve the compensation claimed by the guardian and the attorneys.

Pay is court-approved rather than automatic. 30 O.S. § 4-401(A) allows every guardian reasonable expenses plus the compensation the court deems just and reasonable, and § 4-401(C) requires court approval before payment. One express cap applies: to the extent a property guardian's services consist of collecting the ward's income, § 4-401(B) limits compensation for that work to 7.5 percent of the income collected. Joint guardians share what a single guardian would get under § 4-402. Attorneys for the ward, guardians ad litem and evaluators are paid from the ward's estate under § 4-403, and from the court fund where paying would substantially impede the person's health, safety or rehabilitation.

Some decisions sit outside any ordinary order. 30 O.S. § 3-119 says a guardian has no powers except those the statutes or the court's orders give, then lists what a guardian can never do alone. A guardian cannot consent to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures except through the ward's own advance directive, a do-not-resuscitate consent, hospice care ordered by a physician who finds the ward terminally ill, or a separate court order carrying specific findings. A guardian can never consent to termination of the ward's parental rights. Absent an emergency needed to preserve life, abortion, psychosurgery, removal of a bodily organ and experimental procedures each need specific court authorization, as does prohibiting the ward's marriage or divorce, and placement in a facility that would otherwise require commitment takes formal commitment proceedings with independent counsel.

Two more limits protect against overuse. 30 O.S. § 4-101 bars appointing anyone who already serves as guardian for five people outside their own family or relatives, and § 4-102 makes a violation a misdemeanor. 30 O.S. § 4-904 makes it a felony to conceal a ward from the guardian or move the ward out of the jurisdiction without the guardian's or the court's consent.

What It Costs to Open a Case

Oklahoma sets court fees by statute, so the filing figure is the same in every county. The stack looks like this for a guardianship petition.

Three notes on that table. The $10 records assessment carries a sunset written into the statute, so the total drops to $185 after November 1, 2027 unless the Legislature extends it. The annual guardianship report costs $33 under 28 O.S. § 152(A)(4), and a proceeding to sell or lease the ward's real or personal property or mineral interest costs $43 under § 152(A)(5). A litigant who files an in forma pauperis affidavit and shows an inability to pay owes no fees or costs under § 152(H), and 28 O.S. § 31.1 charges nothing at all for a guardianship of a minor over 17 filed solely to permit enlistment in the armed forces.

Attorney fees, evaluations and bond premiums are set by the market rather than by statute, and they are usually larger than the filing fee.

Rights the Ward Keeps

The bill of rights at 30 O.S. § 3-106(A) runs through every Article III hearing, and the first item on it cannot be waived at all: notice. The rest covers presence at the hearings, compelling witnesses, presenting evidence, cross-examination, appeal, appointed counsel on request, and a closed courtroom on request. The section also has the court told of any psychotropic medication the person is taking, what it is for and how it may affect their participation, makes statements from evaluations and treatment privileged, allows relief from court costs and filing fees, and lets any party demand a stenographic or mechanical record.

Confidentiality is real but partial. Evaluations, guardianship plans and guardian reports are confidential information under 30 O.S. § 1-111(A)(2) and are sealed from the public file, while the existence of the guardianship stays a public court record.

One thing a guardianship does not take away surprises families. Under 84 O.S. § 41(B), appointing a guardian or conservator does not stop a person from making a will. A will made by someone subject to a guardianship must be subscribed and acknowledged in the presence of a district judge, who attests to the execution without approving or disapproving what the will says. Signing before the judge does not rescue a will that is invalid for some other reason, and a will signed without that judicial attestation has not followed the procedure § 41(B) sets out.

Planning Ahead Compared With a Court Case

Two practical points sit beside the documents rather than inside them. A nomination nobody can find does not operate, so where the signed original lives and who knows about it matters as much as the signing. And because these choices turn on marriage, health, distance and who is still willing to serve, a nomination written years ago may name a person who has moved out of state and out of eligibility under 30 O.S. § 4-104(B).

Nothing on this page decides what any particular family should do. A licensed Oklahoma attorney is the person to bring in where capacity is genuinely contested, where a nomination or an existing power of attorney may already cover the need, where a proposed guardian's eligibility under 30 O.S. § 4-104(B) is uncertain, or where an emergency appointment under § 3-115 is on the table.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a guardian and a conservator in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma reverses the usual split. A guardian can be a guardian of the person, a guardian of the property, or both, so the person managing an incapacitated adult's money here is a guardian of the property. An Oklahoma conservator is something narrower: an estate manager appointed under 30 O.S. §§ 3-211 and 3-212 for someone unable to manage property by reason of physical disability only, and only with that person's consent. The court cannot appoint one over an objection.

Can I name my own guardian in Oklahoma before I lose capacity?

Yes, and the choice binds the judge. Under 30 O.S. § 3-102, anyone 18 or older who is of sound mind and not acting under duress, menace, fraud or undue influence may nominate a guardian of the person, the property, or both in a signed writing substantially in the statutory form. The nomination is binding on any court with jurisdiction of the guardianship, subject only to the court disqualifying the nominee, and the nominee sits first in the 30 O.S. § 3-104 priority list.

Does Oklahoma prefer a limited guardianship?

The statute pushes hard toward the smallest order that works. 30 O.S. § 3-111(C) says guardianship shall be used only as necessary, shall be designed to encourage maximum self-reliance, and shall be ordered only to the extent required by the person's actual limitations. Since November 1, 2021, § 3-111(B) goes further: a court that finds less restrictive alternatives feasible and adequate must dismiss the case, and an appointment order has to carry a specific clear-and-convincing finding that they are not.

How long can an emergency guardianship last in Oklahoma?

Thirty days at most. 30 O.S. § 3-115(F) runs a special guardianship from the date of appointment until a guardian is appointed or for 30 days, whichever is less, and the section has no renewal clause. When the court requires notice before appointing, the hearing is set within 72 hours under § 3-115(C). The bridge past day 30 is the ordinary guardianship petition, whose hearing must be set within 30 days of filing.

What does it cost to file an Oklahoma guardianship petition?

The flat filing fee is $135 under 28 O.S. § 152(A)(3), the same figure in all 77 counties. Statutory assessments ride along with it: $6 for the law library, $25 for the court information system, $10 for court-appointed special advocates, $2 for judicial complaints and interpreters, and $10 for records preservation through November 1, 2027. 12 O.S. § 1809(A) adds a $7 dispute-resolution cost in every civil case, and a county may add up to $10 for courthouse security. A litigant who files an in forma pauperis affidavit owes nothing under § 152(H).

Does a guardianship end when the ward dies in Oklahoma?

Yes. 30 O.S. § 4-803(A) terminates a guardian's authority and responsibility on the death of the ward, and the final account is due within 30 days after termination. The estate is then a separate district court matter under Title 58, so a guardian who is also the family member handling the death moves from one case to another rather than continuing the first one.

Related Guides

• Oklahoma Guardianship
• Oklahoma Power of Attorney
• Oklahoma Advance Directive
• Oklahoma Estate Planning Basics
• Oklahoma Will Requirements
• How to Avoid Probate in Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Probate Guide
• Oklahoma Probate Courts by County

Sources:

• Title: 30 O.S. §§ 1-101, 1-106, 1-109, 1-111, 1-112, 1-115, Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act, short title, guardians ad litem excluded, general guardian, definitions, persons and property subject to act, venue (Oklahoma Statutes, Title 30, Guardian and Ward). Publisher: Oklahoma Legislature. Publication Date: 2025 compilation, accessed 2026-09-02. URL: https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os30.pdf
• Title: 30 O.S. §§ 2-101, 2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 2-106, 2-116, guardians of minors, nominations of guardian, age of minor, appointment of parents, delivery of up to $10,000 of a minor's estate. Publisher: Oklahoma Legislature. Publication Date: 2025 compilation, accessed 2026-09-02. URL: https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os30.pdf
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It is not legal advice.