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12-15-121
Section 12-15-121 Form, contents, and execution of juvenile petitions. (a) A juvenile
petition alleging delinquency, in need of supervision, or dependency may be signed by any
person 18 years of age or older, other than a juvenile court intake officer, who has knowledge
of the facts alleged or is informed of them and believes that they are true. However, the
person signing a dependency petition, in the petition or in an attached affidavit, shall give
information, if reasonably ascertainable, as required in Section 30-3B-209. (b) A petition
shall be entitled "In the matter of _____, a child" and shall be made under oath.
(c) The petition shall set forth with specificity all of the following: (1) The facts which
bring the child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the facts constituting the alleged
dependency, delinquency, or need of supervision and the facts showing that the child is in
need of supervision, treatment, rehabilitation, care, or the protection of the state, as the...
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12-15-122
Section 12-15-122 Issuance and service of summonses generally; waiver of service of
summonses. (a) After a petition alleging delinquency, in need of supervision, or dependency
has been filed, the juvenile court shall direct the issuance of summonses to be directed to
the child if he or she is 12 or more years of age, to the parents, legal guardian, or other
legal custodian, and to other persons who appear to the juvenile court to be proper or necessary
parties to the proceedings, requiring them to appear personally before the juvenile court
at the time fixed to answer or testify as to the allegations of the petition. Where the legal
custodian is summoned, the parent or legal guardian, or both, shall also be served with a
summons. (b) A copy of the petition shall be attached to each summons. (c) The summons shall
direct the parents, legal guardian, or other legal custodian having the custody or control
of the child to bring him or her to the hearing. (d) An adult who is a party may...
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12-15-130
Section 12-15-130 Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical
examinations of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness
or an intellectual disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order
emergency medical care for children. (a) Where there are indications that a child may be physically
ill, a child with mental illness or an intellectual disability, or an evaluation of a child
is needed to help determine issues of competency to understand judicial proceedings, mental
state at the time of the offense, or the ability of the child to assist his or her attorney,
the juvenile court, on its own motion or motion by the prosecutor, or that of the child's
attorney or guardian ad litem for the child, may order the child to be examined at a suitable
place by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other qualified examiner, under the supervision
of a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall certify...
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16-28-3
Section 16-28-3 Ages of children required to attend school; exemption for church school
students; transfer students. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every child
between the ages of six and 17 years shall be required to attend a public school, private
school, church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor for the entire length
of the school term in every scholastic year except that, prior to attaining his or her 16th
birthday every child attending a church school as defined in Section 16-28-1 is exempt
from the requirements of this section, provided the child complies with enrollment
and reporting procedures specified in Section 16-28-7. Admission to public school shall
be on an individual basis on the application of the parents, legal custodian, or guardian
of the child to the local board of education at the beginning of each school year, under the
rules as the board may prescribe; provided, a person who is under 19 years of age and on track
to...
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30-3-4.2
Section 30-3-4.2 Grandparent visitation. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) GRANDPARENT. The parent of a parent,
whether the relationship is created biologically or by adoption. (2) HARM. A finding by the
court, by clear and convincing evidence, that without court-ordered visitation by the grandparent,
the child's emotional, mental, or physical well-being has been, could reasonably be, or would
be jeopardized. (b) A grandparent may file an original action in a circuit court where his
or her grandchild resides or any other court exercising jurisdiction with respect to the grandchild
or file a motion to intervene in any action when any court in this state has before it any
issue concerning custody of the grandchild, including a domestic relations proceeding involving
the parent or parents of the grandchild, for reasonable visitation rights with respect to
the grandchild if any of the following circumstances exist: (1) An action for...
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38-12-31
Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents,
legal guardians, or legal custodians because of such parents', legal guardians', or custodians'
incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support
of the children and family care and who thereby come to the attention of juvenile court and
into the care and custody of the Department of Human Resources. (2) An increasing number of
relatives, including grandparents, find themselves wanting to provide care to related foster
children on a long-term basis to prevent the children from remaining in foster care with unrelated
caregivers yet these relatives are either unable or unwilling to seek termination of the legal
relationships between the parent and the child, particularly when it is the caregiver's own
child or sibling who is the parent. (3) It is in the public interest to...
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26-15-2
Section 26-15-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE. A substance intended to be used as a precursor
in the manufacture of a controlled substance, or any other chemical intended to be used in
the manufacture of a controlled substance. Intent under this subdivision may be demonstrated
by the substance's use, quantity, manner of storage, or proximity to other precursors, or
to manufacturing equipment. (2) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. Controlled substance as defined in subdivision
(4) of Section 20-2-2. (3) DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. Drug paraphernalia as defined in Section
13A-12-260. (4) RESPONSIBLE PERSON. A child's natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent,
legal guardian, custodian, or any other person who has the permanent or temporary care or
custody or responsibility for the supervision of a child. (5) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. Serious
physical injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2. (Acts 1977, No. 502, p. 658, ยง2;...
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26-21-4
Section 26-21-4 Procedure for waiver of consent requirement - Notice to parents or guardian
prohibited; participation in proceedings; right to counsel; assistance in preparing petition;
confidentiality; contents of petition; precedence of proceeding; rules of procedure; waiver
of consent; guardian ad litem for interests of unborn child; findings and conclusions; appeal;
no fees or costs; related criminal charges. (a) A minor who elects not to seek or does not
or cannot for any reason, obtain consent from either of her parents or legal guardian, may
petition, on her own behalf, the juvenile court, or the court of equal standing, in the county
in which the minor resides or in the county in which the abortion is to be performed for a
waiver of the consent requirement of this chapter. Notice by the court to the minor's parents,
parent, or legal guardian shall not be required or permitted. The requirements and procedures
under this chapter shall apply and are available only to minors who...
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13A-13-8
Section 13A-13-8 Failure to report missing child. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as Caylee's Law. (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABDUCTION.
The removal or retention of a child without the consent of the child's custodian. (2) CHILD.
A person who is less than 18 years of age. (3) CUSTODIAN. A child's father or mother, whether
biological or adoptive, a child's legally appointed guardian, or the spouse of a child's father,
mother, or legally appointed guardian. In the case where only one parent has legal custody,
the term means the parent with legal custody or his or her spouse. (4) GUARDIAN. A guardian
as defined in Section 26-2A-20. (5) LOST CHILD. A child who is unable to find his or
her way back to his or her custodian. (6) RUNAWAY CHILD. A child who voluntarily absents himself
or herself from the control of his or her custodian with intent to remain away indefinitely....
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12-15-315
Section 12-15-315 Permanency hearing for Department of Human Resources cases only. (a)
Within 12 months of the date a child is removed from the home and placed in out-of-home care,
and not less frequently than every 12 months thereafter during the continuation of the child
in out-of-home care, the juvenile court shall hold a permanency hearing. The Department of
Human Resources shall present to the juvenile court at the hearing a permanent plan for the
child. The juvenile court shall consult with the child, in an age-appropriate manner, regarding
the permanency plan and any transition plan to independent living. If a permanent plan is
not presented to the juvenile court at this hearing, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
that the child should be returned home. This provision is intended to ensure that a permanent
plan is prepared by the Department of Human Resources and presented to the juvenile court
within 12 months of the placement of any child in foster care and no less...
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