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Good news! Law passed in Oklahoma to help enforce non-custodial parent's visitation rights.

zulu127

June 5, 2014

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http://womenformen.org/2014/06/05/noncustodial-parent-visitation-rights-bill-signed-into-law/

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Title	Good news! Law passed in Oklahoma to help enforce non-custodial parent's visitation rights.
Author	zulu127
Upvotes	7
Comments	2
Date	June 5, 2014 12:34 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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[–]SarcastiCock 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]zulu127[S] 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

It would seem that the courts will act by first attempting to force the custodial parent to comply. From the bill itself:

If the court finds that visitation rights of the noncustodial parent have been unreasonably denied or otherwise interfered with by the custodial parent, the court shall enter an order providing for one or more of the following: 1. A specific visitation schedule; 2. Compensating visitation time for the visitation denied or otherwise interfered with, which time shall be of the same type (e.g. holiday, weekday, weekend, summer) as the visitation denied or otherwise interfered with, and shall be at the convenience of the noncustodial parent; 3. Posting of a bond, either cash or with sufficient sureties, conditioned upon compliance with the order granting visitation rights;

Only after three violations of visitation rights will the offender have contempt charges laid:

If the court finds that a custodial parent has unreasonably denied or otherwise interfered with the visitation rights of a noncustodial parent three (3) times, the court shall find the custodial parent in contempt and impose punishment as provided by Section 566 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

I'm not familiar with legislative procedures so here is a link to the bill for anyone who is interested.

At least this issue is being recognized in law even though it is pretty tame with regard to enforcement.