Tribe: The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
C. 1. During proceedings for indirect contempt of court, the court may order the
obligor to complete an alternative program and comply with a payment plan for child support
and arrears. If the obligor fails to complete the alternative program and comply with the payment
plan, the court shall proceed with the indirect contempt and shall impose punishment pursuant to
subsection B of this section.
2. An alternative program may include:
a. a problem-solving court program for obligors when child
support services are being provided for the benefit of the child. A problem-solving court program
is an immediate and highly structured judicial intervention process for the obligor and requires
completion of a participation agreement by the obligor and monitoring by the court. A problem-
solving court program differs in practice and design from the traditional adversarial contempt
prosecution and trial systems. The problem-solving court program uses a team approach
administered by the judge in cooperation with a child support attorney and a child support court
liaison who focuses on removing the obstacles causing the nonpayment of the obligor. The
obligors in this program shall be required to sign an agreement to participate in this program as a
condition to stay contempt proceedings or in lieu of incarceration after a finding of guilt. The
court liaisons assess the needs of the obligor, develop a community referral network, make
referrals, monitor the compliance of the obligor in the program, and provide status reports to the
court, and
b. participation in programs such as counseling, treatment,
educational training, social skills training or employment training to which the obligor reports
daily or on a regular basis at specified times for a specified length of time.