2006 Utah Code - 78-3a-115.1 — Access to abuse, neglect, and dependency hearings.

     78-3a-115.1.   Access to abuse, neglect, and dependency hearings.
     (1) This section applies:
     (a) beginning November 1, 2003, to districts selected by the Judicial Council as pilot districts under Subsection 78-3-21(15)(a); and
     (b) beginning July 1, 2004, to all other districts.
     (2) (a) In abuse, neglect, and dependency cases the court shall admit any person to a hearing, including a hearing under Subsection 78-3a-320(3), unless the court makes a finding upon the record that the person's presence at the hearing would:
     (i) be detrimental to the best interest of a child who is a party to the proceeding;
     (ii) impair the fact-finding process; or
     (iii) be otherwise contrary to the interests of justice.
     (b) The court may exclude a person from a hearing under Subsection (2)(a) on its own motion or by motion of a party to the proceeding.

Amended by Chapter 324, 2004 General Session