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38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of
the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been
residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the
legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing
agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in
foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction.
(3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP
GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity
of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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12-15-114
Section 12-15-114 Original jurisdiction - Juvenile. (a) A juvenile court shall exercise exclusive
original jurisdiction of juvenile court proceedings in which a child is alleged to have committed
a delinquent act, to be dependent, or to be in need of supervision. A dependency action shall
not include a custody dispute between parents. Juvenile cases before the juvenile court shall
be initiated through the juvenile court intake office pursuant to this chapter. (b) A juvenile
court shall not have jurisdiction over any delinquent act committed by an individual before
his or her 18th birthday for which a petition has not been filed before the individual reaches
21 years of age, except when the delinquent act is an offense having no statute of limitation
as provided in Section 15-3-5. (c) A juvenile court shall also exercise exclusive original
jurisdiction over each of the following: (1) Proceedings pursuant to the Interstate Compact
on Juveniles and the Interstate Compact on Placement of...
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12-15-408
Section 12-15-408 Conducting hearings to commit the minor or child. At all hearings conducted
pursuant to this section to commit a minor or child to the custody of the department, the
following shall apply: (1) The minor or child sought to be committed shall be present unless,
prior to the hearing, the child's attorney for the minor or child has filed in writing a waiver
of the presence of the minor or child on the ground that the presence of the minor or child
would be dangerous to his or her physical or mental health or that the conduct of the minor
or child could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from being held in an orderly
manner and the juvenile court has determined from the evidence that the waiver should be granted
and has entered an order approving the waiver. (2) The minor or child sought to be committed
shall have the right to compel the attendance of and offer the testimony of witnesses, to
be confronted with the witnesses in support of the petition and to...
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26-17-102
Section 26-17-102 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Acknowledged father" means a
man who has established a father-child relationship under Article 3. (2) "Adjudicated
father" means a man who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be the father of a child. (3) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to
be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose
paternity has not been determined. The term does not include: (A) a presumed father; (B) a
man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared not to exist; or (C) a male donor
who donates in compliance with Section 26-17-702. (4) "Assisted reproduction" means
a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes: (A) intrauterine
insemination; (B) donation of eggs; (C) donation of embryos; (D) in-vitro fertilization and
transfer of embryos; and (E) intracytoplasmic sperm injection. (5) "Child" means
an individual of any age whose...
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30-3D-502
Section 30-3D-502 Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. (a)
Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide
a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order
issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal
of this state. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and Section 30-3D-503, the
employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying
with terms of the order which specify: (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of
current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) the person designated to receive payments
and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) medical support, whether in
the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide
health insurance coverage for the child under a policy...
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30-5B-4
Section 30-5B-4 Nonjudicial enforcement of order. (a) A law enforcement officer of this state,
upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order
exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were the order
of a court of this state. Presentation of a protection order that identifies both the protected
individual and the respondent and, on its face, is currently in effect constitutes probable
cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For the purposes of this section,
the protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic
or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy
of a protection order is not required for enforcement. (b) If a foreign protection order is
not presented, a law enforcement officer of this state may consider other information in determining
whether there is probable cause to believe that...
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12-15-131
Section 12-15-131 Issuance of orders restraining conduct of parties to proceedings. In any
proceeding commenced pursuant to this chapter, on motion of the juvenile court or on motion
of a party, the juvenile court may make an order restraining the conduct of any party over
whom the juvenile court has obtained jurisdiction, if all of the following occur: (1) An order
of disposition of a delinquent child, dependent child, or a child in need of supervision has
been made in a proceeding pursuant to this chapter. (2) The juvenile court finds that the
conduct of the party is or may be detrimental or harmful to the delinquent child, dependent
child, or child in need of supervision and will tend to defeat the execution of the order
of disposition made. (3) Notice of the motion and the grounds therein and an opportunity to
be heard thereon have been given to the party against whom the order is directed. (Acts 1975,
No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-141; §12-15-73; amended and renumbered by Act 2008-277,...
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25-11-9
Section 25-11-9 Compliance with Social Security Act. (a) Pursuant to Section 303(h), Social
Security Act, in order for the state to receive administrative grants for unemployment compensation
programs, the custodian of records shall, on a reimbursable basis, do the following: (1) Disclose
quarterly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, wage and claim information as required
by Section 453(i)(1), Social Security Act. (2) Ensure that information provided pursuant to
subdivision (1) meets the standards of correctness and verification as required by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor. (3) Establish
safeguards as the Secretary of Labor determines are necessary to ensure that information disclosed
under this section is used only for purposes of Section 453(i)(1), Social Security Act, in
carrying out the child support enforcement program under Title IV. (b) The custodian of records
shall supply only wage and claim information...
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30-3D-504
Section 30-3D-504 Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income-withholding
order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability
to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from
the obligor's income. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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12-15-108
Section 12-15-108 Liability of counties for expenses of maintenance and care of children under
the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter; reimbursement. Except as
otherwise provided in this chapter, all expenses necessary or appropriate to the carrying
out of the purposes and intent of this chapter and all expenses of maintenance and care of
children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter that may be
incurred by order of the juvenile court in carrying out the provisions and intent of this
chapter (except costs paid by parents, legal guardians, legal custodians, or trustees and
court costs as provided by law) shall be valid charges and preferred claims against the county
. These claims shall be paid by the county treasurer when itemized and sworn to by the creditor
or other persons knowing the facts in the case and when approved by the juvenile court. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a municipality shall reimburse the county the actual...
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