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2011 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 8 Children
Chapter 1 ADOPTIONArticle 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
- 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
- 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
- 8-171 Definitions
- 8-172 Interstate compacts; requirements; optional contents
- 8-173 Adoption assistance agreements; reciprocity conditions; violation; classification
- 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
- 8-221 Counsel right of juvenile, parent or guardian; waiver; appointment; reimbursement; guardian ad litem
- 8-222 Subpoenas; issuance
- 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
- 8-238 Advisory hearing; DNA
- 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
- 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
- 8-271 Definitions
- 8-272 Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definition
- 8-273 Residential treatment services; definition
- 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
- 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
- 8-309 Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor; classification; definitions
- 8-321 Referrals; diversions; conditions; community based alternative programs
- 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
- 8-328 Juvenile diversion programs; reporting
- 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
- 8-349 Destruction of juvenile records; electronic research records
- 8-350 Dangerous offenders; sex offenders; notification to schools; definition
- 8-350.01 Youth sex offenders; treatment; definition
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 8-511 Short-term caregiver
- 8-512 Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines
- 8-513 Participation in activities; contact with relatives; placement with siblings
- 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
- 8-525 Open court proceedings; closure; records
- 8-526 Child welfare; reporting requirements
- 8-527 Children in out-of-home care; noninterference with regular school activities
- 8-528 Newborn infants left with safe haven providers; placement protocol; definitions
- 8-529 Children in foster care; rights
- 8-530 Foster parents; rights
- 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; disclosure; exception
- 8-542 Confidentiality of information; violation; classification
- 8-543 Sibling information exchange program; definition
- 8-544 Termination decrees of other states
- 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
- 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
- 8-651 Definitions
- 8-652 Infants and toddlers with developmental delays; lead agency; interagency agreements
- 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
- 8-810 Missing children; notification; entry into databases
- 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
- 8-818 Child protective services; financial and program accountability
- 8-819 Determination of neglect
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 8-871 Permanent guardianship of a child
- 8-872 Permanent guardianship; procedure
- 8-873 Revocation of permanent guardianship
- 8-874 Appointment of successor permanent guardian
- 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
- 8-1161 Responsibilities of regional partnership councils
- 8-1162 Composition of regional partnership councils; reimbursement of expenses; immunity
- 8-1163 Staff support for regional partnership councils
- 8-1164 Designation of regions
- 8-1171 Regional and statewide direct and grant program requirements; permitted objectives
- 8-1172 Program and grant proposal requirements
- 8-1173 Procedures for the award of regional grants
- 8-1174 Program and grantee accountability
- 8-1181 Early childhood development and health fund
- 8-1182 Acceptance of gifts and grants; acceptance of federal, state and local monies; use
- 8-1183 Prohibition on supplantation of state funds; additional legislative appropriations
- 8-1184 Budget and funding process
- 8-1185 Allocation of funds
- 8-1186 Annual audit
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