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CHAPTER 49. CHILD WELFARE
ARTICLE 4. COURT ACTIONS.
- §49-4-102. Procedure for appealing decisions.
- §49-4-105. Hearing required to determine "reasonable efforts."
- §49-4-106. Limitation on out-of-home placements.
- §49-4-107. Penalties.
- §49-4-108. Payment of services.
- §49-4-109. Guardianship of estate of child unaffected.
- §49-4-110. Foster care; quarterly status review; tranisitioning adults; annual permanency hearings.
- §49-4-111. Criteria and procedure for temporary removal of child from foster home; foster care arrangement termination; notice of child's availability for placement; adoption; sibling placements; limitations.
- §49-4-112. Subsidized adoption and legal guardianship; conditions.
- §49-4-113. Duration of custody or guardianship of children committed to department.
- §49-4-114. Consent by agency or department to adoption of child; statement of relinquishment by parent; counseling services; petition to terminate parental rights; notice; hearing; court orders.
- §49-4-115. Emancipation.
- §49-4-116. Voluntary placement; petition; requirements; attorney appointed; court hearing; orders.
- §49-4-202. Notification of possession of relinquished child; department responsibilities.
- §49-4-203. Filing petition after accepting possession of relinquished child.
- §49-4-204. Immunity from certain prosecutions.
- §49-4-205. Adoption eligibility.
- §49-4-302. Authorizing a family court judge to order custody of a child in emergency situations; requirements; orders; investigative reports; notification required.
- §49-4-303. Emergency removal by department before filing of petition; conditions; referee; application for emergency custody; order.
- §49-4-401. Purpose; system to be a complement to existing programs.
- §49-4-402. Multidisciplinary investigative teams; establishment; membership; procedures; coordination among agencies; confidentiality.
- §49-4-403. Multidisciplinary treatment planning process; coordination; access to information.
- §49-4-404. Court review of service plan; hearing; required findings; order; team member's objections.
- §49-4-405. Multidisciplinary treatment planning process involving child abuse and neglect; team membership; duties; reports; admissions.
- §49-4-406. Multidisciplinary treatment process for status offenders or delinquents; requirements; custody; procedure; reports; cooperation; inadmissibility of certain statements.
- §49-4-407. Team directors; records; case logs.
- §49-4-408. Unified child and family case plans; treatment teams; programs; agency requirements.
- §49-4-409. After-care plans; contents; written comments; contacts; objections; courts.
- §49-4-410. Other agencies of government required to cooperate.
- §49-4-411. Law enforcement; prosecution; interference with performance of duties.
- §49-4-412. Exemption from multidisciplinary team review before emergency out-of-home placements.
- §49-4-413. Individualized case planning.
- §49-4-502. Prosecuting attorney to represent and cooperate with persons other than the department in child abuse and neglect matters; duties.
- §49-4-503. Prosecuting attorney to represent petitioner in juvenile cases.
- §49-4-504. Prosecuting attorney duty to establish multidisciplinary investigative teams.
- §49-4-601. Petition to court when child believed neglected or abused; venue; notice; right to counsel; continuing legal education; findings; proceedings; procedure.
- §49-4-602. Petition to court when child believed neglected or abused; temporary care, custody, and control of child at different stages of proceeding; temporary care; orders; emergency removal; when reasonable efforts to preserve family are unnecessary.
- §49-4-603. Medical and mental examinations; limitation of evidence; probable cause; testimony; judge or referee.
- §49-4-604. Disposition of neglected or abused children; case plans; dispositions; factors to be considered; reunification; orders; alternative dispositions.
- §49-4-605. When department efforts to terminate parental rights are required.
- §49-4-606. Modification of dispositional orders; hearings; treatment team; unadopted children.
- §49-4-607. Consensual termination of parental rights.
- §49-4-608. Permanency hearing; frequency; transitional planning; out-of-state placements; findings; notice; permanent placement review.
- §49-4-609. Conviction for offenses against children.
- §49-4-610. Improvement periods in cases of child neglect or abuse; findings; orders; extensions; hearings; time limits.
- §49-4-702. Prepetition diversion to informal resolution; mandatory prepetition diversion program for status offenses and misdemeanor offenses; prepetition review team.
- §49-4-702a. Noncustodial counseling or community services provided to a juvenile; prepetition counsel and advice.
- §49-4-703. Juvenile drug courts; hearing officers.
- §49-4-704. Institution of proceedings by petition; notice to juvenile and parents; preliminary hearings; subpoena.
- §49-4-705. Taking a juvenile into custody; requirements; existing conditions; detention centers; medical aid.
- §49-4-706. Detention hearing; rights of juvenile; notification; counsel; hearings.
- §49-4-707. Review of order following detention hearing.
- §49-4-709. Right to jury trial for juveniles; inapplicability.
- §49-4-710. Waiver and transfer of jurisdiction.
- §49-4-711. Adjudication for alleged status offenders and delinquents; mandatory initial disposition of status offenders.
- §49-4-712. Intervention and services by the department pursuant to initial disposition for status offenders; enforcement; further disposition; detention; out-of-home placement; department custody; least restrictive alternative; appeal; prohibiting placement of status offenders in a Division of Juvenile Services facility on or after January 1, 2016.
- §49-4-713. Graduated penalties for juvenile alcohol consumption
- §49-4-714. Disposition of juvenile delinquents; appeal.
- §49-4-715. Authority of the courts to impose additional penalties; public service projects; ineligible to operate a motor vehicle; restitution.
- §49-4-716. Teen court program; alternative; suitability; unsuccessful cooperation; requirements; fees.
- §49-4-717. Sexting educational diversion program; requirements.
- §49-4-718. Modification of dispositional orders; motions; hearings.
- §49-4-719. Juvenile probation officers; appointment; salary; facilities; expenses; duties; powers.
- §49-4-720. Prohibition on committing juveniles to adult facilities; copy provided to juvenile.
- §49-4-721. Rules governing juvenile facilities; rights of juveniles.
- §49-4-722. Conviction for offense while in custody.
- §49-4-723. Discrimination prohibited; penalties; damages.
- §49-4-724. Standardized risk and needs assessment.
- §49-4-725. Restorative justice programs.
- §49-4-802. General provisions for support orders; contempt.
- §49-4-803. Enforcement of support orders.
- §49-4-901. Contributing to delinquency or neglect of a child; penalties; payment of medical costs; proof; court discretion; other payments; suspended sentence; maintenance and care; temporary custody.
- §49-4-902. Custody of child by convicted person.
- §49-4-903. Interference with disposition of child punishable as contempt of court.
- §49-4-904. Enticing child from custody; penalties.
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