Federal court oversight of the Oklahoma child foster care system officially ended after 13 years on Thursday. The parties in the federal lawsuit D.G. vs. Yarborough were in court on Thursday to officially end federal court oversight over the Oklahoma child foster care system.

Oklahoma has seen a significant drop in the number of children in foster care over the past decade, but the need for foster families — especially for sibling groups and teenagers — remains high.

After 13 years, federal oversight of the Oklahoma Child Welfare System comes to an end. On Thursday, Judge Gregory Frizzell ended the Court's Consent Order,