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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12-15-209
Section 12-15-209 Children to be released when full-time detention or shelter care not required;
conditions imposed upon release; amendment of conditions or return of child to custody upon
failure to conform to conditions imposed. (a) When the juvenile court finds that full-time
detention or shelter care of a child is not required, the juvenile court shall order the release
of the child, and in so doing, may impose one or more of the following conditions: (1) Place
the child in the custody of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or any other person
whom the juvenile court deems proper, or place the child with a department, agency, or organization
agreeing to supervise the child. (2) Place restrictions on the travel, association, or place
of abode of the child during the period of his or her release, or place the child under electronic
or telephone monitoring, if available. (3) Impose any other condition deemed reasonably necessary
and consistent with the criteria for detaining...
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12-15-221
Section 12-15-221 Modification, extension or termination of orders of custody or probation
generally. (a) An order awarding legal custody or an order of probation made by the juvenile
court in the case of a child may be modified, revoked, or extended on motion by: (1) A child,
whose legal custody has been transferred to a department, institution, agency, or person,
requesting the juvenile court for a modification or termination of the order, alleging that
the child is no longer in need of placement or probation and the department, institution,
agency, or person has denied application for release of the child or has failed to act upon
the application within a reasonable time; or (2) A department, institution, agency, or person
vested with legal custody or responsibility for probation, requesting the juvenile court for
a modification, an extension, or a termination of the order on the grounds that the action
is in the best interests of the child or necessary to safeguard the welfare of...
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12-15-309
Section 12-15-309 Alleged dependent child to be released when continued shelter care not required;
conditions imposed upon release; amendment of conditions or return of child to custody upon
failure to conform to conditions imposed. (a) When the juvenile court finds that continued
shelter care is not required for a child, the juvenile court shall order the return of the
child, and in so doing, may impose one or more of the following conditions singly or in combination:
(1) Return the child to the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and,
if necessary, place the child under the supervision of the Department of Human Resources.
(2) Place restrictions on travel, associations, or living conditions of the child pending
the adjudicatory hearing. (b) An order releasing a child on any conditions specified may at
any time be amended to impose additional or different conditions. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18.)...

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12-15-402
Section 12-15-402 Authority and procedure. (a) The state, any county, any municipality, or
any governmental department or agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human
Resources or the Department of Youth Services, or any person, including a parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian, may file a petition in the juvenile court to have any minor or child,
as defined in this chapter, committed to the custody of the department on the basis that the
minor or child is an individual with a mental illness or intellectual disability and, as a
consequence of that mental illness or intellectual disability, poses a real and present threat
of substantial harm to self or to others. (b) The petition shall be verified and filed in
the county in which the minor or child is located or resides, petitioning the juvenile court
to commit the minor or child to the custody of the department. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,
§5-137; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-928; §12-15-90; amended and...
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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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12-15-140
Section 12-15-140 Content of order; order may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior for
parents, persons responsible for care; enumeration of certain specific requirements which
may be included in order. (a) The protection or restraint order may set forth reasonable conditions
of behavior to be observed by a person who is a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
other person legally responsible for the care of the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding,
or the spouse of the parent, or spouse of any other person legally responsible for the care
of the child, or relatives of any of the above, or residents of the home of the child, or
any other person. (b) The protection or restraint order, among other things, may require any
person or persons to do any of the following: (1) Stay away from the home in which the child
subject to a juvenile court proceeding resides, the family or the child. (2) Vacate the home
in which the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding...
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12-15-106
Section 12-15-106 Juvenile court referees' qualifications and appointment; conduct of hearings
of cases by juvenile court referees; transmission of findings and recommendations for disposition
of juvenile court referees to juvenile court judges; provision of notice and written copies
of findings and recommendations of juvenile court referees to parties; rehearing of cases
by juvenile court judges; when findings and recommendations of juvenile court referees become
decree of the juvenile court. (a) Appointment of Referees. The Administrative Director of
Courts may authorize one or more referee positions in any judicial circuit on either a full-time
or a part-time basis upon submission of a written request by the presiding juvenile court
judge and upon consideration of funding and the juvenile and child-support caseload in the
circuit. Once the Administrative Director of Courts approves the request, the presiding judge
of the juvenile court may appoint an attorney the judge believes to...
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12-15-218
Section 12-15-218 Order requiring parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian to assist child
in complying with terms of probation; penalties; exemptions. (a) In all cases where a child
has been granted probation, the juvenile court, as a condition of granting probation to the
child, may order the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child, if he or she
is made a party to the proceedings, to assist the juvenile court in ensuring that the child
complies with the terms of his or her probation. (b) Prior to granting probation, the juvenile
court shall explain to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and the child the terms
of his or her probation, including the responsibility and the penalty which may be imposed
on all parties for failure to comply with the terms of the probation. (c) A parent, legal
guardian, or legal custodian, who after being made a party fails to assist the child in complying
with the terms of the probation, may be held in civil or criminal...
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12-15-502
Section 12-15-502 Referral of multiple needs child case to county team. After the filing of
a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision, or after
the filing of a petition seeking mental commitment of a minor or child pursuant to Article
4, the juvenile court, on its own motion or motion of a party, may refer the above-referenced
child to the county team for recommendation if the petition alleged or evidence reveals to
the juvenile court that the child may be a multiple needs child. If the case involves a child
in need of supervision, or a status offender as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 12-15-201,
who is at imminent risk of being placed in the legal or physical custody of the Department
of Human Resources, the juvenile court shall refer the case to the county team. This referral
may occur prior to any hearing, or the juvenile court may suspend proceedings during the hearing
or prior to disposition to review the findings and...
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