Arizona Title 8 - Children
Chapter 1 - ADOPTION
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §8-101 Definitions
- §8-102 Who may be adopted
- §8-102.01 Jurisdiction
- §8-103 Who may adopt
- §8-104 Venue
- §8-105 Preadoption certification; investigation; central adoption registry
- §8-105.01 Adoption; racial preferences; prohibition; exception
- §8-105.02 Adoption by foster parents; removal of child
- §8-105.03 Adoption information from local community organizations
- §8-106 Consent to adoption; waiver; consent to the release of information; notification to potential fathers
- §8-106.01 Putative fathers registry; claim of paternity; adoptive interest
- §8-107 Time and contents of consent
- §8-108 Petition for child's custody by noncertified party; hearing; exceptions
- §8-109 Petition to adopt; contents
- §8-110 Fictitious name for child
- §8-111 Notice of hearing on petition to adopt; service
- §8-112 Social studies; requirements
- §8-113 Removal from home; expedited hearings; probationary period
- §8-114 Monies paid to or for parent; court approval; attorney fees; accounting; disallowance; exception
- §8-115 Hearing; procedure; record; evidence
- §8-116 Court order; contents; form
- §8-116.01 Agreements regarding communications
- §8-117 Rights under adoption order
- §8-118 Petition withdrawal or denial; custody
- §8-119 Dismissal after death; exception
- §8-120 Records; inspection; exception; destruction of certain records
- §8-121 Confidentiality of information; exceptions
- §8-122 Financial hardship; deferral, waiver or reduction of fees
- §8-123 Irregularities; curative period
- §8-124 Subsequent adoptions
- §8-125 Adoption decrees of other states
- §8-126 Licensure and regulation of agencies
- §8-127 Services of county attorney; exception
- §8-128 Violation; classification
- §8-129 Health and genetic history; compilation; availability; costs
- §8-130 Consent to licensed agency or division; attorneys; affidavits
- §8-131 Exemption of division from licensure; compliance with standards
- §8-133 Fees for division services
- §8-134 Confidential intermediary
- §8-135 Confidential intermediary and fiduciary fund
Article 2 - Adoption Subsidies
- §8-141 Definitions; exception
- §8-142 Adoption subsidy program; funding; claims; limitation
- §8-142.01 Adoption subsidy program; hospital reimbursement
- §8-143 Eligibility; limitation
- §8-144 Subsidy agreement; duration; amount; periodic review; confidentiality
- §8-145 Appeals
Article 3 - Nonrecurring Adoption Expenses
- §8-161 Definitions
- §8-162 Nonrecurring adoption expense program; funding; use of other resources; payment
- §8-163 Eligibility
- §8-164 Nonrecurring expenses; limitation
- §8-165 Records
- §8-166 Appeals
Article 4 - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts
- §8-171 Definitions
- §8-172 Interstate compacts; requirements; optional contents
- §8-173 Adoption assistance agreements; reciprocity conditions; violation; classification
Chapter 2 - JUVENILE COURT
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §8-201 Definitions
- §8-201.01 Prohibitions
- §8-202 Jurisdiction of juvenile court
- §8-203 Court employees; appointment; certification; qualifications; salary; bond
- §8-203.01 Fingerprinting juvenile probation officers; affidavit
- §8-204 Termination of appointment; hearing; notice
- §8-205 Powers and duties of juvenile court personnel
- §8-206 Venue
- §8-207 Order of adjudication; noncriminal; use as evidence
- §8-208 Juvenile court records; public inspection; exceptions
Article 2 - General Procedure
- §8-221 Counsel right of juvenile, parent or guardian; waiver; appointment; reimbursement; guardian ad litem
- §8-222 Subpoenas; issuance
- §8-224 Request for open hearing
Article 3 - Juvenile Hearings
- §8-231 Juvenile court commissioners; appointment; powers and duties; compensation; qualifications
- §8-232 County attorney
- §8-233 Record of proceeding
- §8-234 Treatment, community restitution, restraining and protective orders
- §8-235 Appeals
- §8-236 Cooperation
- §8-237 Statement or conduct of child; hearsay exception
Article 4 - Disposition and Commitment
- §8-241 Fees on disposition
- §8-242 Evaluation and disposition of developmentally disabled child
- §8-243 Liability of parents to bear expense; exception
- §8-243.01 Deposit of child support assessment monies
- §8-243.02 Assignment of right to support; priority
- §8-244 Removal of child from state
- §8-245 Physical and mental care
- §8-246 Jurisdiction; length of commitment; placement; assessment
- §8-247 Contempt powers
- §8-248 Hearing; service providers; definition
Article 5 - Family Counseling Programs
- §8-261 Definitions
- §8-262 Establishing voluntary programs
- §8-263 Order for counseling; administration; enforcement
- §8-264 Participation by county; certification
- §8-265 County's share of matching funds; appropriation by legislature
Article 6 - Children's Mental Health Services
- §8-271 Definitions
- §8-272 Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definition
- §8-273 Residential treatment services; definition
Article 8 - Juvenile Competency
- §8-291 Definitions
- §8-291.01 Effect of incompetency; request for examination
- §8-291.02 Expert appointment; costs; immunity
- §8-291.03 Screening report
- §8-291.04 Examination; competency to stand trial
- §8-291.05 Misdemeanor charges; dismissal; notice
- §8-291.06 Privilege against self-incrimination; sealed reports
- §8-291.07 Mental health expert reports
- §8-291.08 Competency hearings; restoration orders
- §8-291.09 Restoration order; commitment
- §8-291.10 Reports; hearings
- §8-291.11 Records
Chapter 3 - JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Article 1 - General Procedures for Delinquency and Incorrigibility Proceedings
- §8-301 Commencement of proceedings
- §8-302 Transfer between juvenile and criminal courts
- §8-303 Taking into temporary custody; interference; release; separate custody; violation; classification
- §8-304 Investigation of alleged acts of delinquency, dependency, and incorrigibility
- §8-305 Detention center; jail; separate custody
- §8-306 Supervision and inspection of juvenile detention center and shelter care facilities
- §8-307 Delinquency hearings; required attendance of cited child; referring to youth service bureau; notification of parents
- §8-308 Required attendance of parent, legal guardian or custodian in court; contempt
Article 2 - Delinquency and Alcohol Offense Complaints and Hearings
- §8-321 Referrals; diversions; conditions; community based alternative programs; definition
- §8-322 Juvenile probation services fund; program and contract requirements
- §8-323 Juvenile hearing officer; appointment; term; compensation; hearings; required attendance; contempt
- §8-325 Appeal from an order of a juvenile hearing officer; procedures
- §8-326 County attorney
- §8-327 Transfer hearing
Article 3 - Disposition and Committment
- §8-341 Disposition and commitment; definitions
- §8-341.01 Residential treatment services
- §8-342 Commitment of child; medical examination
- §8-343 Disposition of offenses involving driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs
- §8-344 Restitution payments
- §8-345 Restitution lien; definition
- §8-346 Restitution fund; restitution contracts
- §8-347 Disposition document or minute order; fingerprints
- §8-348 Setting aside adjudication; application; release from disabilities; exceptions; definitions
- §8-349 Destruction of juvenile records; electronic research records
- §8-350 Dangerous offenders; sex offenders; notification to schools; definition
Article 4 - Juvenile Intensive Probation
- §8-351 Definition of juvenile intensive probation
- §8-352 Intensive probation; evaluation; criteria; limit; conditions
- §8-353 Juvenile intensive probation teams; duties; case load limit
- §8-354 Modification of supervision
- §8-355 School; employment; community restitution programs
- §8-356 Waiver of standards
- §8-357 Budget requests
- §8-358 Juvenile intensive probation guidelines; report
Article 5 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles
- §8-361 Legislative findings and policy
- §8-362 Execution of compact
- §8-363 Juvenile compact administrator
- §8-364 Supplementary agreements
- §8-365 Financial arrangements
- §8-366 Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers
- §8-367 Additional procedures not precluded
Article 5.1 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles
Article 6 - Educational Rehabilitation
Article 7 - Victims' Rights for Juvenile Ofenses
- §8-381 Applicability
- §8-382 Definitions
- §8-383 Implementation of rights and duties
- §8-383.01 Victims' rights; dismissed counts
- §8-384 Inability to exercise rights; designation of others; notice; representative for a minor
- §8-385 Limited rights of a legal entity
- §8-385.01 Victims' rights for neighborhood associations
- §8-386 Information provided to victim by law enforcement agencies
- §8-386.01 Issuance and execution of arrest warrants
- §8-387 Notice of terms and conditions of release
- §8-388 Notice of diversion
- §8-389 Preliminary notice of rights
- §8-390 Notice of proceedings
- §8-391 Notice of adjudication; impact statement
- §8-392 Notice of postadjudication review and appellate proceedings
- §8-392.01 Notice of right to request not to receive committed youth mail
- §8-393 Notice of release or escape
- §8-394 Notice of delinquent's status
- §8-395 Notice of postadjudication release; right to be heard; hearing; final decision
- §8-396 Notice of probation modification, termination or revocation disposition matters; notice of arrest
- §8-397 Notice of release, discharge or escape from a mental health treatment agency or residential treatment
- §8-398 Request for notice; forms; notice system
- §8-399 Victim conference with prosecuting attorney
- §8-400 Proceedings; right to be present
- §8-401 Detention hearing
- §8-402 Postarrest detention decisions
- §8-403 Plea negotiation
- §8-404 Impact statement; predisposition report
- §8-405 Disposition
- §8-406 Probation modification, revocation disposition or termination proceedings
- §8-407 Victim's discretion; form of statement
- §8-408 Return of victim's property; release of evidence
- §8-409 Consultation between crime victim advocate and victim; privileged information; exception
- §8-410 Minimizing victim's contacts
- §8-411 Motion to revoke release
- §8-412 Victim's right to refuse an interview; applicability
- §8-413 Victim's right to privacy
- §8-414 Speedy adjudication
- §8-415 Effect of failure to comply
- §8-416 Standing to invoke rights; recovery of damages; right to counsel
- §8-417 Construction of article
- §8-418 Implementation fee; definition
- §8-419 Victim reconciliation services
- §8-420 Right to leave work; scheduled proceedings; employment rights; nondiscrimination; confidentiality; definition
- §8-421 Statement of rights
Chapter 5 - CHILD WELFARE AND PLACEMENT
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §8-501 Definitions
- §8-502 Administration
- §8-503 Powers and duties
- §8-503.01 Children and family services training program fund; purposes; status report; exemption from lapsing
- §8-504 Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection
- §8-505 Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal
- §8-506 Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing
- §8-506.01 Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal
- §8-507 Operation without license
- §8-508 Receipt of articles of incorporation
- §8-509 Licensing of foster homes; renewal of license; provisional license
- §8-510 Acceptance of children by agency
- §8-512 Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines
- §8-513 Participation in activities
- §8-514 Placement in foster homes
- §8-514.01 Placement of developmentally disabled children
- §8-514.02 Placement with parent or relative
- §8-514.03 Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation; report
- §8-514.04 Kinship care program; requirements
- §8-514.05 Foster care provider access to child health information; consent to treatment
- §8-515 Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders
- §8-515.01 Local foster care review boards; appointment; exclusions; terms; training; compensation; meetings
- §8-515.02 Case assignment; distribution of records
- §8-515.03 Duties of local foster care review boards
- §8-515.04 State foster care review board; members; personnel; training programs; compensation
- §8-515.05 Removal of child from foster parent's home; requirements; notification; review
- §8-516 Supervision of foster homes; reports; review of file; progress report
- §8-517 Withdrawal from foster home
- §8-518 Central registry; change of address; marital status
- §8-519 Records and reports
- §8-520 Violations; classification
- §8-521 Independent living program; conditions; eligibility; rules; case management unit; reports
- §8-521.01 Transitional independent living program
- §8-522 Dependency actions; special advocate; appointment; duties; immunity
- §8-523 Special advocate program
- §8-524 Special advocate fund
- §8-526 Child welfare; reporting requirements
Article 2 - Termination of Parent-Child Relationship
- §8-531 Definitions
- §8-531.01 Prohibition
- §8-532 Jurisdiction; dependency based termination
- §8-533 Petition; who may file; grounds
- §8-534 Contents of petition
- §8-535 Notice of initial hearing; waiver; guardian ad litem
- §8-536 Social study before disposition; contents
- §8-537 Termination adjudication hearing
- §8-538 Court order; form; contents
- §8-539 Effect of court order
- §8-540 Court costs
- §8-541 Records; inspection; exception
- §8-542 Confidentiality of information; violations; classification
- §8-544 Termination decrees of other states
Article 4 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
- §8-548 Enactment of compact; terms
- §8-548.01 Financial responsibility
- §8-548.02 Interstate compact administrator
- §8-548.03 Supplementary agreements
- §8-548.04 Financial arrangements
- §8-548.05 Visitation, inspection and supervision
- §8-548.06 Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers
Article 5 - Funding of Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs
Chapter 6 - CHILDREN'S CAMPS
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §8-551 Definition
- §8-552 Application for license; issuance; posting
- §8-553 License fee
- §8-554 Location
- §8-555 Layout
- §8-556 Water supply
- §8-557 Toilets and disposal systems
- §8-558 Food service permits
- §8-560 Drainage
- §8-561 Inspection of camps; revocation of license
- §8-564 Exemption of contract employees from limitations on hours of labor
- §8-565 Violation; classification
- §8-566 Exception
- §8-567 Limitations
- §8-568 Delegation of powers
Chapter 7 - LEGITIMACY OF CHILDREN
Article 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 8 - EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §8-651 Definitions
- §8-652 Infants and toddlers with developmental delays; lead agency; interagency agreements
Chapter 9 - HEALTHY FAMILIES PROGRAM
Article 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 10 - DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Article 1 - Protective Services
- §8-800 Purpose of child protective services
- §8-801 Definitions
- §8-802 Child protective services worker; fingerprint clearance cards; powers and duties; alteration of files; violation; classification
- §8-803 Limitation of authority; duty to inform
- §8-804 Central registry; notification
- §8-804.01 Maintenance of reports; records
- §8-805 Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communications
- §8-806 Voluntary placement; conditions; notice of placement; time limit; rules
- §8-807 CPS information; public record; use; confidentiality; violation; classification; definitions
- §8-808 Parent assistance program
- §8-809 Child welfare mediation program
- §8-811 Hearing process; definitions
- §8-812 Child protective services expedited substance abuse treatment fund
- §8-813 Preplacement investigation; medical examination; disposition
- §8-814 Permanent guardianship subsidy; offsets; discontinuation; annual review; appeals; definition
- §8-815 Indian child welfare act; inquiry
- §8-816 Family builders program; services; program termination; definitions
- §8-817 Initial screening and safety assessment and investigation protocols; investigations
- §8-818 Child protective services; financial and program accountability
- §8-819 Determination of neglect
Article 2 - Removal of Child
- §8-821 Taking into temporary custody; medical examination; placement; interference; classification
- §8-822 Removal of child from home; review; review teams
- §8-823 Notice of taking into temporary custody
- §8-824 Preliminary protective hearing; probable cause; appointment of counsel
- §8-825 Court determinations in preliminary protective hearing
- §8-826 Further hearings and proceedings
- §8-828 Family advocacy office; duties; program termination
- §8-829 Judicial determinations; timing; documentation
- §8-830 Residential drug treatment center; services; program termination; definitions
Article 3 - Dependency Determination and Disposition
- §8-841 Dependency petition; service; preliminary orders
- §8-842 Initial dependency and dependency adjudication hearings; deadlines
- §8-843 Initial dependency hearing; rights
- §8-844 Dependency adjudication hearing; settlement conference or mediation
- §8-845 Disposition hearing
- §8-846 Services provided to the child and family
- §8-847 Periodic review hearings
Article 4 - Permanency Determination
- §8-861 Return of child
- §8-862 Permanency hearing
- §8-863 Hearing to terminate parental rights; notice; grounds
- §8-864 Timing of motions and hearings; consolidation of hearings
Article 5 - Permanent Guardianship
- §8-871 Permanent guardianship of a child
- §8-872 Permanent guardianship; procedure
- §8-873 Revocation of permanent guardianship
Article 6 - Substance Abuse and Treatment Assistance
- §8-881 Coordination of substance abuse treatment; contracting for services; joint substance abuse treatment fund
- §8-882 Program development
- §8-883 Requirements for contractors
- §8-884 Evaluation of community programs