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This bill, known as the "Child Support Upon Conception Act," establishes new provisions for child support in Oklahoma, recognizing human life as beginning at conception and granting preborn children legal protections. It allows biological mothers to initiate child support actions upon verified pregnancy, requiring medical documentation to confirm pregnancy, gestational age, and approximate conception date, with paternity to be established through DNA testing, including noninvasive prenatal testing. If paternity is confirmed, courts may order temporary pre-birth support for expenses like medical care and living costs necessary for maternal and fetal health, calculated similarly to existing child support guidelines, and this support continues until birth, after which a standard post-birth order will be issued. The bill also designates a preborn child as a "deprived child" under the Oklahoma Children's Code, granting the biological father parental standing and the right to seek protective orders, and establishes procedures for investigating potential harm to a preborn child, with penalties for false accusations, coercion, or soliciting harm to the child, and provides remedies for those falsely accused of paternity, including civil damages.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb2165&Session=2600