12-15-126
Section 12-15-126 Issuance of pick-up order for taking into custody. If it appears from a sworn
statement, written or verbal, presented to the juvenile court that a child needs to be placed
in detention or shelter or other care, the juvenile court may issue a pick-up order that a
law enforcement officer or other person authorized by this chapter shall at once take the
child into custody and take him or her to the place of detention or shelter or other care
designated by the juvenile court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-120; §12-15-57; amended
and renumbered by Act 2008-277, p. 441, §7.)...
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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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12-15-303
Section 12-15-303 Transfer of dependency proceedings between juvenile courts within the state.
(a) If a dependency proceeding is commenced in a county other than the county of the residence
of the child, the juvenile court in which the proceedings were commenced, on its own motion
or a motion of a party and after consultation with the receiving juvenile court, may transfer
the proceeding before or after adjudication to the county of the residence of the child for
the purpose of adjudication, disposition, supervision, or review as mandated by federal and
state law for children in foster care or in the custody of the state, or any combination thereof.
(b) For purposes of this section, county of the residence of the child means the county in
which the child and legal custodian have established legal residence or have resided for six
or more months of a calendar year. This term shall not include placements by a state department
or agency. (c) Certified copies of all legal and social...
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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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12-15-701
Section 12-15-701 Definitions; applicability of prostitution statutes; procedures. (a) For
the purposes of this section, sexually exploited child shall mean an individual under the
age of 18 years who is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and who has been subjected
to sexual exploitation because he or she is any of the following: (1) A victim of the crime
of human trafficking sexual servitude as provided in Section 13A-6-150, et seq. (2) Engaged
in prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121. (3) A victim of the crime
of promoting prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-111, 13A-12-112, or 13A-12-113. (b)
A sexually exploited child may not be adjudicated delinquent or convicted of a crime of prostitution
as provided in Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121, or any municipal ordinance prohibiting such
acts. (c) In any proceeding based upon a child's arrest for an act of prostitution, there
is a presumption that the child satisfies the definition of a sexually...
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12-5A-11
Section 12-5A-11 County programs, etc., unaffected. Nothing in this chapter shall diminish
or adversely affect any program or service for children currently provided by a county to
its respective juvenile court which is not assumed by the state under this chapter including,
but not limited to, programs of financial assistance for juvenile probation and aftercare
services, probation-related projects, detention and shelter care programs, and treatment programs
for juveniles under the jurisdiction of the court. (Act 98-392, p. 782, §12.)...
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45-48-80
Section 45-48-80 Additional court costs - Child protection. (a) In order to further provide
for the protection and welfare of children in Marshall County who are alleged to be or have
been found by the juvenile court of the county to be abused and neglected or otherwise dependent
pursuant to Section 12-15-102, a fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by
the clerk of the court on each district court case in Marshall County. The fee shall be in
addition to all other costs and charges in district court cases in Marshall County. (b) The
clerk of court shall collect the fee in the same manner as other costs in district court and
shall remit the fee to the Child Protection Fund in the county treasury to be administered
by the presiding juvenile judge of Marshall County. Any money distributed from the Child Protection
Fund shall be used for the court appointed juvenile advocates (CAJA) program and as approved
by the presiding juvenile judge of Marshall County. (Act 98-311, p....
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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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12-15-217
Section 12-15-217 Notice of delinquent acts. (a) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of Section
12-15-133, written notice that a child enrolled in a school, kindergarten to grade 12, has
been found delinquent of an act which if committed by an adult would be a Class A or B felony
or any other crime, at the discretion of the juvenile court, shall be provided within seven
days to the superintendent of the school district of attendance, or, if the child attends
a private school, to the principal of the school. The juvenile court shall provide the notice
using whatever method it deems appropriate or otherwise as decided by the Administrative Office
of Courts. The prosecutor may recommend to the juvenile court that notice be given to the
school for any delinquent act. Written notice shall include only the offenses, enumerated
by the appropriate code section and brief description, found to have been committed by the
child and the disposition of the case involving the child. Where applicable, this...
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12-15-405
Section 12-15-405 Notice of hearing; appointment of counsel for the minor or child. (a) When
any minor or child against whom a petition has been filed seeking to commit the minor or child
to the custody of the department is initially brought before the juvenile court, the juvenile
court shall provide a copy of the petition and if requested, read the petition to the minor
or child and to his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and counsel, and inform
those persons verbally and in writing of the date, time, and place of the next hearing to
be held in regard to the minor or child, the purpose of the hearing, the rights of the minor
or child at the hearing, and the possible consequences of the hearing. (b) The juvenile court
shall appoint a child's attorney for the minor or child. The juvenile court may appoint a
guardian ad litem in addition to the child's attorney. No statement made or act done by the
minor or child in the presence of the juvenile court prior to the minor...
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