A tribunal may approve an agreement resulting from a collaborative law process.
§ 3308.Approval of Agreement By Tribunal
Chapter 41A: Structured Settlement Protection Act of 2001 · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceAuthorizes a tribunal handling a collaborative law process to approve the agreement the parties reach through it, giving that negotiated resolution the same tribunal sign-off available to any other settled matter.
Full Text of § 3308
Amendment History
Added by Laws 2025, c. 226,s. 8, eff. 1/1/2026.
Plain-English Summary
Section 3308 is short but important: once the parties reach an agreement through the collaborative process, a tribunal may approve it. Section 3309 separately carves out an exception letting a collaborative lawyer appear before the tribunal specifically to seek that approval, even though the same lawyer is otherwise disqualified from representing the party in related litigation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Once I reach a deal through collaborative law, does a judge sign off on it?
A tribunal may approve the agreement resulting from the collaborative law process.
Can a collaborative lawyer appear in court just to get the deal approved?
Yes. Section 3309 carves out an exception to lawyer disqualification specifically to ask a tribunal to approve the resulting agreement.
Is tribunal approval required before the collaborative agreement is legally binding?
The statute doesn't say more than that the tribunal "may" approve the agreement -- it doesn't state that approval is a condition of the agreement's validity.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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Also known as: court approval of collaborative law agreement oklahoma12 O.S. § 3308