12-15-211
Section 12-15-211 Suspension of proceedings and continuation of cases under terms and conditions agreed to by parties. (a) The juvenile court may suspend delinquency or child in need of supervision proceedings pursuant to a consent decree. The terms and conditions of the consent decree shall be agreed to by the child and his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian. The consent decree shall be entered at any time after the filing of a delinquency or child in need of supervision petition and before the entry of an adjudication order. The child and his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be advised of their rights, including the right to counsel. (b) Where an objection is made by the prosecutor, the juvenile court, after considering the objection and the reasons therefor, shall proceed to determine whether it is appropriate to enter a consent decree. (c) A consent decree shall remain in force for six months unless the child is discharged sooner by the...
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12-15-304
Section 12-15-304 Appointment by juvenile courts of guardians ad litem. (a) In all dependency and termination of parental rights proceedings, the juvenile court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for a child who is a party to the proceedings and whose primary responsibility shall be to protect the best interests of the child. (b) The duties of the guardian ad litem include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) Irrespective of the age of the child, meet with the child prior to juvenile court hearings and when apprised of emergencies or significant events impacting the child. In addition, the guardian ad litem shall explain, in terms understandable to the child, what is expected to happen before, during, and after each juvenile court hearing. (2) Conduct a thorough and independent investigation. (3) Advocate for appropriate services for the child and the family. (4) Attend all juvenile court hearings scheduled by the juvenile court and file all necessary pleadings to facilitate...
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12-15-407
Section 12-15-407 Probable cause hearings for temporary confinement of the minor or child. (a) If the juvenile court finds it necessary to temporarily confine or restrain the minor or child, pending final hearing upon a petition for mental commitment of the minor or child in the custody of any person, department, or agency other than his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian, the juvenile court at the time the confinement is ordered shall set the matter for a hearing within seven days to determine if probable cause exists that the minor or child should be committed. At the probable cause hearing, the juvenile court shall determine if it is necessary to continue the restraint or confinement pending the final hearing. (b) Upon a finding of probable cause that the minor or child should be committed, the juvenile court shall enter an order so stating and setting the date, time, and place of the hearing on the merits of the petition. (c) The final hearing shall be held on the...
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15-20A-28
Section 15-20A-28 Juvenile sex offender - Lifetime registration and notification. (a) A juvenile adjudicated delinquent of any of the following sex offenses, who was 14 or older at the time of the offense, shall be subject to registration and notification, if applicable, for life: (1) Rape in the first degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-61. (2) Sodomy in the first degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-63. (3) Sexual abuse in the first degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-66. (4) Sexual torture, as provided by Section 13A-6-65.1. (5) Any offense committed in any other jurisdiction which, if had been committed in this state under the current provisions of law, would constitute an offense listed in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive. (6) Any offense, committed in this state or any other jurisdiction, comparable to or more severe than aggravated sexual abuse as described in 18 U.S.C. § 2241(a) or (b). (7) Any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses listed in subdivisions (1)...
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27-21B-10
Section 27-21B-10 Enforcement of health care coverage for certain employers. (a) In any case in which a noncustodial parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health care coverage for such child and the employer of the noncustodial parent is known to the Department of Human Resources, the department shall use the federally required medical support notice to provide notice to the employer of the requirement for employer-based health care coverage for the child through the parent of the child who has been ordered to provide health care coverage for the child unless a court or administrative order stipulates that alternative health care coverage to employer-based coverage is to be provided for a child subject to a Title IV-D child support order. In the case of an employer entered in the directory of new hires pursuant to Section 25-11-5, the department shall send the federal medical support notice to any employer of a noncustodial parent subject to the order within...
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38-7-9
Section 38-7-9 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Revocation or refusal to renew license - Aggrieved party entitled to hearing; review of final decision or action of department; bond; when decision may be set aside; section not applicable to boarding homes and free homes. In the event a party or an applicant for a license or a licensee is denied a license or a renewal of a license or has a license suspended or revoked for the operation of a child-care facility required by this chapter to be licensed by the department, or in the event an application for such a license or renewal of a license is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or in the event an approval required by this chapter to be issued by the department is denied or revoked or unduly delayed, any aggrieved party may appeal to the department for a fair hearing of his case. Notice and opportunity for a fair hearing and notice of right to counsel shall be given the appellant by the department, and at this...
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12-15-403
Section 12-15-403 Review of the petition by the juvenile court. (a) When at the time a petition is filed, a juvenile court shall immediately review the petition and may require the petitioner to be sworn and answer under oath questions in regard to the petition and the minor or child sought to be committed. (b) If it appears from the face of the petition or from the testimony of the petitioner that the petition is totally without merit, the juvenile court shall order the petition dismissed without further proceedings. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §23.)...
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12-15-69
Section 12-15-69 Ordering and preparation of predisposition study and report concerning child, family, etc.; ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of physical or mental examination of child prior to hearing on petition generally; examination of parent or custodian after hearing where ability to care for or supervise child in issue. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-214 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-127.)...
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12-15-7
Section 12-15-7 Appointment, terms of office, etc., of probation officers; designation of chief probation officer, etc.; duties of probation officers generally; powers of probation officers and representatives of Department of Human Resources as to taking into custody and placing in shelter or detention care of children generally; procedure upon taking into custody of child by probation officer or representative of Department of Human Resources generally. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-107 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-105; Acts 1984, No. 84-245, p. 387; Act 98-392, p. 782, §2.)...
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12-15-110
Section 12-15-110 Punishment for contempt of court of persons disobeying orders of the juvenile court generally. (a) Subject to the laws relating to the procedures therefor and the limitations thereon, the juvenile court may punish a person for contempt of court for disobeying an order of the juvenile court or for obstructing or interfering with the proceedings of the juvenile court or the enforcement of its orders. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the juvenile court shall be limited in the actions it may take with respect to a child violating the terms and conditions of the order of protective supervision as this term is defined in subdivision (5) of Section 12-15-301, to those which the juvenile court could have taken at the time of the original disposition of the juvenile court pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 12-15-314. (c) A finding of indirect contempt not based on a delinquency petition does not constitute an adjudication of delinquency. (Acts 1975, No....
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