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12-15-306
Section 12-15-306 Removing a child from the custody of a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian.
(a) A child may be removed by a law enforcement officer from the custody of a parent, legal
guardian, or legal custodian if there are reasonable grounds to believe any of the following:
(1) The child is suffering from an illness or injury or is in imminent danger from the surroundings
of the child and that the removal of the child is necessary for the protection of the health
and safety of the child. (2) The child has no parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child. (b) The person removing
the child shall immediately deliver the child to the Department of Human Resources. (Act 2008-277,
p. 441, ยง18.)...
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12-15-125
Section 12-15-125 Taking into custody of children generally. (a) A child or minor may be taken
into custody for any of the following reasons: (1) Pursuant to an order of the juvenile court.
(2) By a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the child or minor
has run away from a juvenile detention, residential, shelter, or other care facility. (3)
By a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the child or minor
is suffering from an illness or injury or is in immediate danger from the surroundings of
the child or minor and that the immediate removal of the child or minor from those surroundings
is necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the child or minor. (b) In addition
to the grounds listed in subsection (a), a child may also be taken into custody for any of
the following reasons: (1) By a law enforcement officer for an alleged delinquent act pursuant
to the laws of arrest; (2) By a law enforcement officer who has...
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13A-13-8
Section 13A-13-8 Failure to report missing child. (a) This section shall be known and may be
cited as Caylee's Law. (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABDUCTION. The removal or retention
of a child without the consent of the child's custodian. (2) CHILD. A person who is less than
18 years of age. (3) CUSTODIAN. A child's father or mother, whether biological or adoptive,
a child's legally appointed guardian, or the spouse of a child's father, mother, or legally
appointed guardian. In the case where only one parent has legal custody, the term means the
parent with legal custody or his or her spouse. (4) GUARDIAN. A guardian as defined in Section
26-2A-20. (5) LOST CHILD. A child who is unable to find his or her way back to his or her
custodian. (6) RUNAWAY CHILD. A child who voluntarily absents himself or herself from the
control of his or her custodian with intent to remain away indefinitely....
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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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12-15-127
Section 12-15-127 Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility
of children taken into custody generally. (a) A person taking a child into custody without
an order of the juvenile court shall, with all possible speed, and in accordance with this
chapter and the rules of court pursuant thereto: (1) Release the child to the parents, legal
guardian, or legal custodian of the child or other suitable person able to provide supervision
and care for the child and issue verbal counsel and warning as may be appropriate. (2) Release
the child to the parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child upon his or her
promise to bring the child before the juvenile court when requested, unless the placement
of the child in detention or shelter care appears required. If a parent, legal guardian, or
other legal custodian fails, when requested, to bring the child before the juvenile court
as provided in this section, the juvenile court may issue an order directing that...
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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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38-13-2
Section 38-13-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age and older. (2) ADULT CARE FACILITY.
A person or entity holding a Department of Human Resources license or approval or certification
to provide care, including foster care, for adults. (3) APPLICANT. A person or entity who
submits an application for license as a child care or adult care facility to the Department
of Human Resources or a child placing agency, or an application for employment or for a volunteer
position to a Department of Human Resources licensed child care or adult care facility. With
regard to child care and adult care facilities in a home setting, the term includes an adult
household member whose residence is in the home. The term also includes an individual who
submits an application for a volunteer position or for employment with the Department of Human
Resources in a position in which the person has unsupervised...
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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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12-15-202
Section 12-15-202 Rights of the child. (a) Rights of the child when taken into custody. When
a child is taken into custody, the person taking the child into custody shall inform the child
of all of the following, in language understandable to the child: (1) The reason that the
child is being taken into custody. (2) That the child has the right to communicate with his
or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian whether or not that person is present. If
necessary, reasonable means will be provided for the child to do so. (3) The child has the
right to communicate with an attorney. If the child does not have an attorney, one will be
appointed for him or her. If the child has an attorney who is not present, reasonable means
shall be provided for the child to communicate with the attorney. (b) Rights of the child
before being questioned while in custody. Before the child is questioned about anything concerning
the charge on which the child was taken into custody, the person asking the...
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12-15-308
Section 12-15-308 Filing of petition and conduct of 72-hour hearing as to necessity for continuation
of shelter care of a child. (a) When a child alleged to be dependent has been removed from
the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and has not been returned to
same, a hearing shall be held within 72 hours from the time of removal, Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays included, to determine whether continued shelter care is required. (b) Notice
of the 72-hour hearing requirement, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place,
and purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given to the parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian if he or she can be found. (c) At the commencement of the 72-hour hearing
requirement, the juvenile court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian
of the right to counsel and shall appoint counsel if the juvenile court determines he or she
is indigent. If the juvenile court already has not done so, it...
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