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2019 Utah Code
Title 78A - Judiciary and Judicial Administration
Chapter 6 - Juvenile Court Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
- Section 101 - Title.
- Section 102 - Establishment of juvenile court -- Organization and status of court -- Purpose.
- Section 103 - Jurisdiction of juvenile court -- Original -- Exclusive.
- Section 104 - Concurrent jurisdiction -- District court and juvenile court.
- Section 105 - Definitions.
- Section 106 - Search warrants and subpoenas -- Authority to issue -- Protective custody -- Expedited hearing.
- Section 106.5 - Warrants related to minors.
- Section 107 - Expedited filing of petition -- Expedited hearings.
- Section 108 - Title of petition and other court documents -- Form and contents of petition -- Order for temporary custody or protective services -- Physical or psychological examination of minor, parent, or guardian -- Dismissal of petition.
- Section 109 - 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.
- Section 110 - Venue -- Transfer or certification to other districts -- Dismissal without adjudication on merits.
- Section 111 - Appearances -- Parents, guardian, or legal custodian to appear with minor or child -- Failure to appear -- Contempt -- Warrant of arrest, when authorized -- Parent's employer to grant time off -- Appointment of guardian ad litem.
- Section 112 - 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.
- Section 113 - Placement of minor in detention or shelter facility -- Grounds -- Detention hearings -- Period of detention -- Notice -- Confinement for criminal proceedings -- Bail laws inapplicable -- Exception.
- Section 114 - 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.
- Section 115 - Hearings -- Record -- County attorney or district attorney responsibilities -- Attorney general responsibilities -- Disclosure -- Admissibility of evidence -- Medical cannabis.
- Section 116 - 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.
- Section 117 - Adjudication of jurisdiction of juvenile court -- Disposition of cases -- Enumeration of possible court orders -- Considerations of court.
- Section 117.5 - Custody in Division of Child and Family Services or in the Division of Juvenile Justice Services.
- Section 118 - Period of operation of judgment, decree, or order.
- Section 119 - Modification of order or decree -- Requirements for changing or terminating custody, probation, or protective supervision.
- Section 120 - 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.
- Section 121 - Entry of judgment for fine, fee, surcharge, or restitution.
- Section 122 - Restraint of juveniles.
- Section 123 - Case planning and appropriate responses.
- Section 124 - Detention risk assessment tool.
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