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(B) 60-calendar days after the date the child was removed from his or her home. (2) The child is determined to be an abandoned infant. A petition or motion to TPR is filed no later than 60-calendar days after the child is judicially determined to be an abandoned infant.

Every person who shall without good cause abandon his wife in destitute or necessitous circumstances and neglect and refuse to maintain or provide for her, or who shall abandon his or her minor child or children under the age of fifteen (15) years and willfully neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such child or ...

To prove abandonment, you will need to provide evidence that: Your spouse left without your consent. Your spouse left you and/or your child for a length of time without returning during that whole time period. You must not have provoked the abandonment.

To use abandonment as grounds for divorce, one spouse must have been abandoned by the other for a period of at least one year. Similarly, a spouse must have been institutionalized for five years (with a negative prognosis for recovery) for grounds of insanity to be considered.

The spouse who has been abandoned must be able to show that the other spouse left without their consent, remained away for a significant period of time without returning and that did not provoke the abandonment. In Oklahoma, abandonment also implies leaving behind a spouse and any children who require care or support.

The classic case of abandonment arises where one spouse simply leaves the marital abode without consent or justification. However, abandonment can also be established where one spouse forces another to be excluded, such as by changing the locks on the shared home.