12-15-321
Section 12-15-321 Periodic review of efforts to achieve adoption of child in custody of another
after parental rights terminated. Where the juvenile court has terminated the parental rights
and has placed legal custody of the child with the Department of Human Resources or with a
public or private licensed child-placing agency, the juvenile court, at least annually, shall
review the circumstances of the child to determine what efforts have been made to achieve
permanency for the child. (Acts 1984, No. 84-261, p. 442, §9; §26-18-9; amended and renumbered
by Act 2008-277, p. 441, §19.)...
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12-15-319
Section 12-15-319 Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption
arising from abandonment. (a) If the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence,
competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling
to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child, or that the conduct or condition
of the parents renders them unable to properly care for the child and that the conduct or
condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, it may terminate the parental rights
of the parents. In a hearing on a petition for termination of parental rights, the court shall
consider the best interests of the child. In determining whether or not the parents are unable
or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child and to terminate the
parental rights, the juvenile court shall consider the following factors including, but not
limited to, the following: (1) That the parents have abandoned...
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26-18-9
Section 26-18-9 Periodic review of efforts to achieve adoption of child in custody of another
after parental rights terminated. Amended and renumbered as Section 12-15-321 by Act 2008-277,
§19, effective January 1, 2009. (Acts 1984, No. 84-261, p. 442, §9.)...
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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment
of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause
or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or
the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of
a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY
APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the
same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate
for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities
that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities
or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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12-15-312
Section 12-15-312 Reasonable efforts in judicial determinations; situations in which reasonable
efforts are not required to be made. (a) When the juvenile court enters an order removing
a child from his or her home and places the child into foster care or custody of the Department
of Human Resources pursuant to this chapter, the order shall contain specific findings, if
warranted by the evidence, within the following time periods while making child safety the
paramount concern: (1) In the first order of the juvenile court that sanctions the removal,
whether continuation of the residence of the child in the home would be contrary to the welfare
of the child. This order may be the pick-up order that the juvenile court issues on the filing
of a dependency petition. (2) Within 60 days after the child is removed from the home of the
child, whether reasonable efforts have been made to prevent removal of the child or whether
reasonable efforts were not required to be made. (3) Within 12...
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12-15-314
Section 12-15-314 Dispositions for dependent children. (a) If a child is found to be dependent,
the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect the welfare
of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian, or other legal
custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile court may prescribe.
(2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department of Human Resources.
(3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department of Human Resources.
b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume
the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed by the Department
of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child.
c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of Human Resources, is
found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the...
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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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12-15-133
Section 12-15-133 Filing and inspection of records. (a) The following records, reports, and
information acquired or generated in juvenile courts concerning children shall be confidential
and shall not be released to any person, department, agency, or entity, except as provided
elsewhere in this section: (1) Juvenile legal files (including formal documents as petitions,
notices, motions, legal memoranda, orders, and decrees). (2) Social records, including but
not limited to: a. Records of juvenile probation officers. b. Records of the Department of
Human Resources. c. Records of the Department of Youth Services. d. Medical records. e. Psychiatric
or psychological records. f. Reports of preliminary inquiries and predisposition studies.
g. Supervision records. h. Birth certificates. i. Individualized service plans. j. Education
records, including, but not limited to, individualized education plans. k. Detention records.
l. Demographic information that identifies a child or the family of a...
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12-15-134
Section 12-15-134 Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records. (a) Law enforcement
agencies shall take special precautions to ensure that law enforcement records and files concerning
a child will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to those safeguards that will protect
against disclosure to any unauthorized person, department, agency, or entity. Unless a charge
of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203 or the
juvenile court otherwise orders in the interests of the child or of national security, the
law enforcement records and files with respect to the child shall not be open to public inspection
nor their contents disclosed to the public. (b) Law enforcement records and files described
in subsection (a) shall be open to inspection and copying by the following: (1) A juvenile
court having a child currently before it in any proceeding. (2) Personnel of the Department
of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, public and...
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