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12-15-312
Section 12-15-312 Reasonable efforts in judicial determinations; situations in which reasonable
efforts are not required to be made. (a) When the juvenile court enters an order removing
a child from his or her home and places the child into foster care or custody of the Department
of Human Resources pursuant to this chapter, the order shall contain specific findings, if
warranted by the evidence, within the following time periods while making child safety the
paramount concern: (1) In the first order of the juvenile court that sanctions the removal,
whether continuation of the residence of the child in the home would be contrary to the welfare
of the child. This order may be the pick-up order that the juvenile court issues on the filing
of a dependency petition. (2) Within 60 days after the child is removed from the home of the
child, whether reasonable efforts have been made to prevent removal of the child or whether
reasonable efforts were not required to be made. (3) Within 12...
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30-3-8
Section 30-3-8 Publication of delinquent obligor lists. (a) The Department of Human Resources,
Child Support Enforcement Division, may establish a program for the publication, in newspapers
with general circulation throughout the state, of a listing of 10 child support obligors in
any county who are delinquent in their support payments. Each publication shall display photographs
of and information about the 10 obligors in any county who are liable for support arrearages
and whose whereabouts are unknown to child support agencies. Each publication shall list a
toll-free telephone number for the division that may be called to report information regarding
the whereabouts of any of the obligors displayed in the publication. The department may include
any other information in the publication that it considers appropriate. (b) Prior to any publication
or public listing, the Department of Human Resources shall send to each obligor whose name
will be published pursuant to this section a notice...
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26-10A-33
Section 26-10A-33 Crime to place children for adoption. Only a parent, a parent of a deceased
parent, or a relative of the degree of relationship specified in Section 26-10A-28, the Department
of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency, or an agency approved by the Department
of Human Resources may place a minor for adoption. No person or entity other than the Department
of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency shall engage in the business of placing
minors for adoption. Any person or entity making more than two unrelated placements of minors
for adoption within the preceding twelve-month period shall be deemed to be in the business
of placing minors for adoption. Any other person who places a minor for adoption is guilty,
upon the first conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor and upon subsequent convictions is guilty
of a Class C felony. This section does not intend to make it unlawful for any person not engaged
in the business of placing minors for adoption to...
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38-10-9
Section 38-10-9 Investigations by department as to location of parents and ability of parents
to furnish child support; authority to notify parent of support duty; falsification of report
as to parent's income, etc.; citation to require in-court testimony; employer's duty to provide
certain information. (a) The department is authorized and empowered to conduct investigations
to determine the location of parents and putative parents alleged or known to owe child support.
(b) The department is authorized and empowered to conduct investigations to determine the
location, income, and assets including real or personal property or income producing property
of parents alleged or known to have a child support obligation. (c) The department is authorized
and empowered to notify a parent of his legal duty to provide support and to require information
concerning his financial status in order to determine whether or not he is financially able
to provide support. (d) Such notice may inform the...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official,
or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child
into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any
physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent
of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the
circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence
or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However,
such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such
actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not
exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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27-21B-10
Section 27-21B-10 Enforcement of health care coverage for certain employers. (a) In any case
in which a noncustodial parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health
care coverage for such child and the employer of the noncustodial parent is known to the Department
of Human Resources, the department shall use the federally required medical support notice
to provide notice to the employer of the requirement for employer-based health care coverage
for the child through the parent of the child who has been ordered to provide health care
coverage for the child unless a court or administrative order stipulates that alternative
health care coverage to employer-based coverage is to be provided for a child subject to a
Title IV-D child support order. In the case of an employer entered in the directory of new
hires pursuant to Section 25-11-5, the department shall send the federal medical support notice
to any employer of a noncustodial parent subject to the order within...
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29-2-100
Section 29-2-100 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILDREN
IN STATE CARE. A child who is described by any of the following circumstances: a. The child's
foster care placement is primarily the financial responsibility of the state. b. The child
is under the legal or physical custody of a state agency, including, but not limited to, the
Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth
Services. c. The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department
of Youth Services, or any other agency is providing out of home services to the child. d.
Children not included under this definition are children whose care is furnished by a child
care center, group day care home, or family day care home. (2) COMMITTEE. The Permanent Joint
Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. (3) COUNCIL. Interdepartmental
Coordination Council on Children in State Care. (Act 98-612, p. 1347,...
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38-7-10
Section 38-7-10 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Investigation of operation
without license; report to attorney general for prosecution. Whenever the department is advised
or has reason to believe that any person, group of persons or corporation is operating a child-care
facility without a license or an approval or a six-month permit, it may make an investigation
to ascertain the fact. If it finds that the child-care facility is being operated or has operated
without a license or an approval or a six-month permit, it shall report the results of its
investigation to the Attorney General and to the appropriate district attorney for prosecution;
provided, however, that the department may delay in making said report to the Attorney General
for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 60 days, in order to give the person, group
of persons or corporation operating the child-care facility reasonable opportunity to apply
for a license or an approval or a six-month permit,...
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26-2A-114
Section 26-2A-114 Investigation and report. Before ruling on the petition, the court may order
the Department of Human Resources or the court representative to do any or all of the following:
(1) Conduct interviews with the following: a. The ward b. All petitioners. c. The relatives
of the ward. d. To the extent practical, neighbors and, if known, close friends of the ward.
(2) Inform the ward of the contents of the petition. (3) Determine whether the ward has the
capacity to consent to the requested visitation. (4) Determine whether the ward desires the
proposed visitation. (5) Report to the court in writing, at least seven days before the hearing,
concerning subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive. (6) Mail, at least seven days before the hearing,
a copy of the report referred to in subdivision (5) to all of the following: a. The petitioner
or his or her attorney, if any. b. The guardian ad litem appointed to represent the ward for
purposes of the petition for visitation. c. The guardian....
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38-9-8
Section 38-9-8 Reports by physicians, etc., of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect,
or exploitation - Required; contents; investigation. (a) All physicians and other practitioners
of the healing arts or any caregiver having reasonable cause to believe that any protected
person has been subjected to physical abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse shall report or cause a report to be made as follows: (1) An oral report, by telephone
or otherwise, shall be made immediately, followed by a written report, to the county department
of human resources or to the chief of police of the city or city and county, or to the sheriff
of the county if the observation is made in an unincorporated territory, except that reports
of a nursing home employee who abuses, neglects, or misappropriates the property of a nursing
home resident shall be made to the Department of Public Health. The requirements to report
suspicion of suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of...
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