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2006 Utah Code - Chapter 03a — Juvenile Court Act of 1996
- 78-3a-101 — Title.
- 78-3a-102 — Establishment of juvenile court -- Organization and status of court -- Purpose.
- 78-3a-103 — Definitions.
- 78-3a-104 — Jurisdiction of juvenile court -- Original -- Exclusive.
- 78-3a-105 — Concurrent jurisdiction -- District court and juvenile court.
- 78-3a-106 — Search warrants and subpoenas -- Authority to issue -- Protective custody -- Expedited hearing.
- 78-3a-106.5 — Expedited filing of petition -- Expedited hearings.
- 78-3a-107 — Judges of juvenile court -- Appointments -- Terms.
- 78-3a-108 — Sessions of juvenile court.
- 78-3a-109 — Title of petition and other court documents -- Form and contents of petition -- Order for temporary custody -- Physical or psychological examination of minor, parent, or guardian -- Dismissal of petition.
- 78-3a-110 — Summons -- Service and process -- Issuance and contents -- Notice to absent parent or guardian -- Emergency medical or surgical treatment -- Compulsory process for attendance of witnesses when authorized.
- 78-3a-111 — Venue -- Transfer or certification to other districts -- Dismissal without adjudication on merits.
- 78-3a-112 — Appearances -- Parents to appear with child -- Failure to appear -- Contempt -- Warrant of arrest, when authorized -- Parent's employer to grant time off -- Appointment of guardian ad litem.
- 78-3a-113 — Minor taken into custody by peace officer, private citizen, or probation officer -- Grounds -- Notice requirements -- Release or detention -- Grounds for peace officer to take adult into custody.
- 78-3a-114 — Placement of minor in detention or shelter facility -- Grounds -- Detention hearings -- Period of detention -- Notice -- Confinement for criminal proceedings -- Bail laws inapplicable, exception.
- 78-3a-115 — Hearings -- Public excluded, exceptions -- Victims admitted -- Minor's cases heard separately from adult cases -- Minor or parents or custodian heard separately -- Continuance of hearing -- Consolidation of proceedings involving more than one minor.
- 78-3a-115.1 — Access to abuse, neglect, and dependency hearings.
- 78-3a-116 — Hearings -- Record -- County attorney or district attorney responsibilities -- Attorney general responsibilities -- Disclosure -- Admissibility of evidence.
- 78-3a-117 — Minor's cases considered civil proceedings -- Adjudication of jurisdiction by juvenile court not conviction of crime, exceptions -- Minor not to be charged with crime, exception -- Traffic violation cases, abstracts to Department of Public Safety.
- 78-3a-118 — Adjudication of jurisdiction of juvenile court -- Disposition of cases -- Enumeration of possible court orders -- Considerations of court -- Obtaining DNA sample.
- 78-3a-119 — Period of operation of judgment, decree, or order -- Rights and responsibilities of agency or individual granted legal custody.
- 78-3a-120 — Modification of order or decree -- Requirements for changing or terminating custody, probation, or protective supervision.
- 78-3a-121 — Continuing jurisdiction of juvenile court -- Period of and termination of jurisdiction -- Notice of discharge from custody of local mental health authority or Utah State Developmental Center -- Transfer of continuing jurisdiction to other district.
- 78-3a-201 — Board of Juvenile Court Judges -- Composition -- Purpose.
- 78-3a-202 — Administrator of the juvenile court -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Powers and duties.
- 78-3a-203 — District court executives -- Selection -- Duties.
- 78-3a-204 — Juvenile court employees -- Salaries -- State courts personnel system -- Exemptions and discharge.
- 78-3a-205 — Volunteers.
- 78-3a-206 — Court records -- Inspection.
- 78-3a-207 — Fines -- Fees -- Deposit with state treasurer -- Restricted account.
- 78-3a-208 — Courtrooms -- Physical facilities.
- 78-3a-209 — Mental health evaluations -- Duty of administrator.
- 78-3a-301 — Court-ordered protective custody of a child following petition filing -- Grounds.
- 78-3a-304.5 — Rules of procedure -- Ex parte communications.
- 78-3a-305 — Petition filed.
- 78-3a-306 — Shelter hearing.
- 78-3a-307 — Shelter hearing -- Placement with a noncustodial parent or relative -- DCFS custody.
- 78-3a-307.1 — Criminal background checks necessary prior to out-of-home placement.
- 78-3a-308 — Pretrial and adjudication hearing -- Time deadlines.
- 78-3a-309 — Notice of adjudication hearing.
- 78-3a-310 — Adjudication -- Dispositional hearing -- Time deadlines.
- 78-3a-311 — Dispositional hearing -- Reunification services -- Exceptions.
- 78-3a-311.5 — Six-month review hearing -- Court determination regarding reasonable efforts by the Division of Child and Family Services and parental compliance with child and family plan requirements.
- 78-3a-312 — Permanency hearing -- Final plan -- Petition for termination of parental rights filed -- Hearing on termination of parental rights.
- 78-3a-313 — Periodic review hearings -- Foster care citizen review boards.
- 78-3a-313.5 — Mandatory petition for termination of parental rights.
- 78-3a-314 — All proceedings -- Persons entitled to be present.
- 78-3a-315 — Review of foster care removal -- Foster parent's standing.
- 78-3a-316 — Educational neglect of a child -- Procedures -- Defenses.
- 78-3a-316.1 — Proceedings arising from failure to attend public school.
- 78-3a-318 — Treatment for offender and victim -- Costs.
- 78-3a-319 — Abuse, neglect, or dependency of child -- Coordination of proceedings.
- 78-3a-320 — Additional finding at adjudication hearing -- Petition -- Court records.
- 78-3a-321 — Mental health therapists.
- 78-3a-350 — Separate procedures for minors committed to the Division of Child and Family Services on grounds other than abuse or neglect -- Attorney general responsibility.
- 78-3a-401 — Title.
- 78-3a-402 — Judicial process for termination -- Parent unfit or incompetent -- Best interest of child.
- 78-3a-403 — Definitions.
- 78-3a-404 — Petition -- Who may file.
- 78-3a-405 — Contents of petition.
- 78-3a-406 — Notice -- Nature of proceedings.
- 78-3a-407 — Grounds for termination of parental rights -- Findings regarding reasonable efforts.
- 78-3a-408 — Evidence of grounds for termination.
- 78-3a-409 — Specific considerations where child is not in physical custody of parent.
- 78-3a-410 — Specific considerations where a child has been placed in foster home.
- 78-3a-411 — Court disposition of child upon termination.
- 78-3a-412 — Review following termination.
- 78-3a-413 — Effect of decree.
- 78-3a-414 — Voluntary relinquishment -- Irrevocable.
- 78-3a-415 — Mental health therapist.
- 78-3a-501 — Criminal proceedings involving minors -- Transfer to juvenile court -- Exception.
- 78-3a-502 — Petition -- Preliminary inquiry -- Nonjudicial adjustments -- Formal referral -- Citation -- Failure to appear.
- 78-3a-503 — Citation procedure -- Citation -- Offenses -- Time limits -- Failure to appear.
- 78-3a-504 — Minor held in detention -- Credit for good behavior.
- 78-3a-505 — Dispositional report required in minor's cases -- Exceptions.
- 78-3a-506 — Suspension of license for certain offenses.
- 78-3a-601 — Jurisdiction of district court.
- 78-3a-602 — Serious youth offender -- Procedure.
- 78-3a-603 — Certification hearings -- Juvenile court to hold preliminary hearing -- Factors considered by juvenile court for waiver of jurisdiction to district court.
- 78-3a-604 — Appeals from serious youth offender and certification proceedings.
- 78-3a-801 — Jurisdiction of adults for offenses against minors -- Proof of delinquency not required for conviction.
- 78-3a-802 — Practice and procedure -- Jury trial.
- 78-3a-804 — Costs and expenses of trial.
- 78-3a-901 — Violation of order of court -- Contempt -- Penalty.
- 78-3a-902 — Amendment of petition -- When authorized -- Continuance of proceedings.
- 78-3a-903 — Modification or termination of custody order or decree -- Grounds -- Procedure.
- 78-3a-904 — When photographs, fingerprints, or HIV infection tests may be taken -- Distribution -- Expungement.
- 78-3a-905 — Expungement of juvenile court record -- Petition -- Procedure.
- 78-3a-906 — Child support obligation when custody of a child is vested in an individual or institution.
- 78-3a-907 — Transfer of continuing jurisdiction to other district.
- 78-3a-908 — New hearings authorized -- Grounds and procedure.
- 78-3a-909 — Appeals.
- 78-3a-910 — Cooperation of political subdivisions and public or private agencies and organizations.
- 78-3a-911 — Office of Guardian Ad Litem Director -- Appointment of director -- Duties of director -- Contracts in second, third, and fourth districts.
- 78-3a-912 — Appointment of attorney guardian ad litem -- Right of refusal -- Duties and responsibilities -- Training -- Trained staff and court-appointed special advocate volunteers -- Costs -- Immunity -- Annual report.
- 78-3a-913 — Right to counsel -- Appointment of counsel for indigent -- Cost -- Court hearing to determine compelling reason to appoint a noncontracting attorney -- Rate of pay.
- 78-3a-914 — Exchange of information with agency or institution having legal custody -- Transfer of minor to state prison or other adult facility prohibited.
- 78-3a-1001 — Purpose.
- 78-3a-1002 — Definitions.
- 78-3a-1003 — Petition for emancipation.
- 78-3a-1004 — Court procedure.
- 78-3a-1005 — Emancipation.
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