Divorce in Oklahoma
We haven't verified Oklahoma's divorce rules from an official source yet. Each rule below links to the official text it comes from.
What are the divorce laws in Oklahoma?
Not legal advice. These are plain-English summaries of Oklahoma’s statutes and court rules as of the date shown on each; they can change and courts apply them case by case. Read the linked source or ask a lawyer licensed in Oklahoma.
Waiting period
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Residency requirement
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No-fault divorce
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Property division
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Court mediation for custody
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Court mediation fees
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Filing fee
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Divorce rate
3.3 per 1,000 residents (2024)
Oklahoma’s courts granted 3.3 divorces per 1,000 residents in 2024; the U.S. rate was 2.3. In the Census Bureau’s 2024 survey, 10.5 of every 1,000 women 15 and older in Oklahoma divorced in the past year (±1.3; U.S. 6.9), a different measure.[2][3]
Divorce rates by state, with sources → · CDC/NCHS NVSS; Census ACS · checked October 27, 2026
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Mediators per 100,000: MediationList listings from official court and government rosters in Oklahoma (12) ÷ population (4,095,393, U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024)) × 100,000, the same figure as mediator statistics.[1]
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Sources
Oklahoma’s statutes and court rules, read on the official site, plus federal statistics; each with the date we checked it.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county and state population estimates (July 1, 2024)↩
- CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System: Divorce rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2024↩
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates, table https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2024.B12503↩