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15-25-3
Section 15-25-3 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child
under age 16 - Use of closed circuit equipment; competence of victim as witness. (a) In those
criminal prosecutions set out in Section 15-25-1, the court, on motion of the state or the
defendant prior to the trial of the case, may order that the testimony of any alleged victim
of the crime or witness thereto who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order shall
be viewed and heard at trial by the court and the finder of fact by closed circuit equipment.
In ruling on the motion the court shall take into consideration those matters set out in Section
15-25-2. (b) If the court orders that the victim's or witness's testimony in court shall be
by closed circuit equipment, the testimony shall be taken outside the courtroom in the judge's
chambers or in another suitable location designated by the judge. (c) Examination and cross-examination
of the alleged child victim or witness shall proceed as...
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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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26-10A-25
Section 26-10A-25 Final decree; dispositional hearing. (a) When the pre-placement investigation
has been completed and approved or the investigation has been waived for good cause shown,
the petition for adoption shall be set for a dispositional hearing as soon as possible or
no later than 90 days after the filing of the petition. When there has not been a pre-placement
investigation or the investigation has not been waived for good cause shown or when the adoptee
is a special needs child, the petition for adoption shall be set for a dispositional hearing
as soon as possible or no later than 120 days after the filing of the petition. Upon good
cause shown, the court may extend the time for the dispositional hearing and entry of the
final decree. (b) At the dispositional hearing, the court shall grant a final decree of adoption
if it finds on clear and convincing evidence that: (1) The adoptee has been in the actual
physical custody of the petitioners for a period of 60 days, unless for...
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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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26-21-3
Section 26-21-3 Written consent of parent or guardian to performing abortion on unemancipated
minor; written statement where abortion to be performed on emancipated minor; waiver of consent
requirement; coercion; forms. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d)
of this section and Sections 26-21-4 and 26-21-5 hereof, no physician shall perform an abortion
upon an unemancipated minor unless the physician or his or her agents first obtain the written
consent of either parent or the legal guardian of the minor. (b) The physician who shall perform
the abortion or his or her agents shall obtain or be provided with the written consent from
either parent or legal guardian stating the names of the minor, parent, or legal guardian,
that he or she is informed that the minor desires an abortion and does consent to the abortion,
the date, and the consent shall be signed by either parent or legal guardian. The signatures
of the parents, parent, or legal guardian shall be affixed...
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26-2B-210
Section 26-2B-210 Information to be submitted to court. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
this section, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information,
if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the respondent's present address or whereabouts
and the places and addresses where the respondent has lived during the last five years. The
pleading or affidavit must state whether the party: (1) Has participated, as a party or witness
or in any other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning the guardianship or conservatorship
of the respondent and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and the date of the guardianship
or conservatorship determination, if any; (2) Knows of any proceeding that could affect the
current proceeding, including, but not limited to, proceedings for the establishment, modification,
termination, or enforcement of a protective order, and, if so, identify the court, the case
number, and the nature of the proceeding;...
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30-3-169.3
Section 30-3-169.3 Change of custody. (a) Upon the entry of a temporary order or upon final
judgment permitting the change of principal residence of a child, a court may consider a proposed
change of principal residence of a child as a factor to support a change of custody of the
child. In determining whether a proposed or actual change of principal residence of a minor
child should cause a change in custody of that child, a court shall take into account all
factors affecting the child, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The nature,
quality, extent of involvement, and duration of the child's relationship with the person proposing
to relocate with the child and with the non-relocating person, siblings, and other significant
persons or institutions in the child's life. (2) The age, developmental stage, needs of the
child, and the likely impact the change of principal residence of a child will have on the
child's physical, educational, and emotional development, taking into...
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26-14-7
Section 26-14-7 Duties of Department of Human Resources. (a) The State or County Department
of Human Resources shall make a thorough investigation promptly upon either the oral or written
report. The primary purpose of such an investigation shall be the protection of the child.
(b) The investigation, to the extent that is reasonably possible, shall include: (1) The nature,
extent and cause of the child abuse or neglect; (2) The identity of the person responsible
therefor; (3) The names and conditions of other children in the home; (4) An evaluation of
the parents or person responsible for the care of the child; (5) The home environment and
the relationship of the child or children to the parents or other persons responsible for
their care; and (6) All other data deemed pertinent. (c) The investigation may include a visit
to the child's home, an interview with the subject child, and may include a physical, psychological,
or psychiatric examination of any child or children in that home....
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12-15-302
Section 12-15-302 Venue generally. (a) Dependency proceedings shall be commenced in the county
where the child resides, in the county where the child is present when the proceedings are
commenced, or in the county where the acts that are the basis of the dependency petition occurred.
(b) Regardless of the county where the child currently resides, when a petition is filed seeking
to modify an award of custody or visitation pursuant to an adjudication of dependency, and
one of the individuals who was a party to the original proceeding still resides in the county
of the juvenile court of original jurisdiction, the petition shall be filed in the juvenile
court of the original jurisdiction. (c) When a petition is filed seeking to modify an award
of custody or visitation pursuant to an adjudication of dependency in which all parties to
the original action, including the child, no longer reside in the county of original jurisdiction,
the petition shall be filed in the county where the child...
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12-15-107
Section 12-15-107 Juvenile probation officers - Duties of juvenile probation officers generally;
powers of juvenile probation officers as to taking into custody and placing in shelter or
detention care of children generally; procedure upon taking into custody of child by juvenile
probation officer generally. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the objectives and purposes
of this chapter and subject to the limitations of this chapter or imposed by the juvenile
court, a juvenile probation officer shall perform the following duties: (1) Make investigations,
reports, and recommendations to the juvenile court. (2) Serve as a juvenile court intake officer
when designated by the juvenile court judge. (3) Supervise and assist a child placed on probation
or aftercare by order of the juvenile court or other authority of law until the terms of probation
or aftercare expire or are otherwise terminated. (4) Make appropriate referrals to other private
or public departments or agencies of the...
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