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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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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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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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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular number include the
plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number, and the word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any person under 19 years of age,
a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 12-15-117,
or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as defined by the Department of Human Resources.
(2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more
than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or
training or both, or transitional living program services, but does not include: a. Any institution
for child care which is under the ownership or control,...
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22-9A-12
Section 22-9A-12 New birth certificate upon adoption, legitimation, or paternity determination;
availability of original certificate; contact preference form. (a) The State Registrar shall
establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state upon receipt of any of
the following: (1) A report of adoption as provided in Section 22-9A-11 or a report of adoption
prepared and filed in accordance with the laws of another state, the District of Columbia,
a territory of the United States, or a foreign country, or a certified copy of the decree
of adoption, together with the information necessary to identify the original certificate
of birth and to establish a new certificate of birth. A new certificate of birth shall not
be established if so requested by the court decreeing the adoption. (2) A request that a new
certificate be established upon completion of the legitimation procedure specified in Sections
26-11-2 and 26-17-6. If the name of another man is shown as the father of...
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30-3C-9
Section 30-3C-9 Hearing on petition to prevent abduction. (a) If a petition is filed under
this chapter, the court may set a preliminary hearing as necessary, and shall cause to be
issued all summonses and notices as required by law and otherwise deemed necessary and appropriate.
Should the court determine from the petition, or on evidence presented at a preliminary hearing,
that no emergency or temporary orders are appropriate, then the court shall set the petition
for a final hearing at such time as the court deems appropriate and as the best interests
of the child require. (b) If, at a hearing on a petition under this chapter, the court after
reviewing the evidence finds a credible risk of abduction of the child, the court shall enter
an abduction prevention order. The order must include the provisions required by subsection
(c), specifying measures that are reasonably calculated to prevent abduction of the child
and giving due consideration to the custody and visitation rights of...
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30-3D-102
Section 30-3D-102 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Child" means an individual,
whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support
by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order
directed to the parent. (2) "Child-support order" means a support order for a child,
including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state
or foreign country. (3) "Convention" means the Convention on the International Recovery
of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November
23, 2007. (4) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law
to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation
to provide support. (5) "Foreign country" means a country, including a political
subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support
orders and: (A) which has been...
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12-15-208
Section 12-15-208 Facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally;
when child may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification
of juvenile court, when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons
charged with crimes; development of statewide system; Department of Youth Services to subsidize
detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention
facility, when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. (a) Persons
who shall not be detained or confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1)
STATUS OFFENDERS. Effective October 1, 2009, status offenders, as defined in this article,
shall not be detained or confined in secure custody, except that a status offender who is
charged with or who commits a violation of a valid court order may be detained in secure custody
in a juvenile detention facility for up to 72 hours in any six-month...
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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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44-2-20
Section 44-2-20 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby
enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in
form substantially as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy
of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to
the end that: (a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to
be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications
and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care. (b) The appropriate
authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain
the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable
requirements for the protection of the child. (c) The proper authorities of the state from
which the placement is made may obtain the most complete...
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