Understanding Court-Mandated Testing in Custody Cases
Hello, my name is Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office – Oklahoma City. Today we are going to be discussing whether or not in a custody matter the court can order you to give up and make available to the court blood, urine, or saliva, or really any other thing that the court might need.
And the answer is yes. Under Title 43, Section 110.2, the court can in fact order you to give those things up via a test, both for the parties involved, the parents, and the child or children.
The Court’s Authority in Custody Matters
The reasoning behind this is that it would be in the best interest of the child or children for the court to be aware of any type of substances or anything else that might place the child or children in harm’s way. They can actually order this under this statute, and if a child or the parties refuse, they can enforce that test to occur through this statute.
Again, this is meant to go towards the best interest of a child or children. The court will oftentimes use this in order to test for drugs or alcohol and whether or not the parties are using it or the children have been exposed to it and are possibly using it themselves.
Enforcement of Testing Orders
Again, quite simply put, the court can in fact order you to take a blood, urine, or saliva test and really any other test that they need for the best interest of children in custody matters. If you found this video to be helpful or you believe it can help somebody else, please go to the OKC attonreys.
Again, my name is Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office and thank you for watching.
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