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§ 9-19-308. Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination - (a) A petition under this subchapter must be verified. Certified...
§ 9-19-309. Service of petition and orders - Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-311, the petition and...
§ 9-19-310. Hearing and order - (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant...
§ 9-19-311. Warrant to take physical custody of child - (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of...
§ 9-19-312. Costs, fees, and expenses - (a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a...
§ 9-19-313. Recognition and enforcement - A court of this state shall accord full faith and...
§ 9-19-314. Appeals - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...
§ 9-19-315. Role of prosecutor or public official - (a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving...
§ 9-19-316. Role of law enforcement - At the request of a prosecuting attorney acting under §...
§ 9-19-317. Costs and expenses - If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court...
Subchapter 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 9-19-401. Application and construction - In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given...
Chapter 20 - Adult Maltreatment Custody Act
§ 9-20-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 9-20-102. Purpose - The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Protect a...
§ 9-20-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Abuse” means with...
§ 9-20-104. Spiritual treatment alone not abusive - Nothing in this chapter implies that an endangered adult or...
§ 9-20-105. Privilege not grounds for exclusion of evidence - Any privilege between husband and wife or between any professional...
§ 9-20-106. Immunity for investigation participants - Any person, official, or institution participating in good faith in...
§ 9-20-107. Reports as evidence - (a) A written report from persons or officials required to...
§ 9-20-108. Jurisdiction — Venue — Eligibility - (a) (1) The probate division of circuit court shall have...
§ 9-20-109. Commencement of proceedings - (a) Proceedings shall be commenced by filing a petition with...
§ 9-20-110. Petition - A petition shall set forth the following: (1) The name,...
§ 9-20-111. Notification - (a) All maltreated adults named as the respondent shall be...
§ 9-20-112. Voluntary protective placement - (a) Any adult may request voluntary protective placement under this...
§ 9-20-113. Evaluations - (a) The Department of Human Services may petition the circuit...
§ 9-20-114. Emergency custody - (a) The Department of Human Services or a law enforcement...
§ 9-20-115. Emergency orders - (a) (1) If there is probable cause to believe that...
§ 9-20-116. Probable cause hearing - (a) (1) Following issuance of an emergency order, the probate...
§ 9-20-117. Long-term custody and court-ordered protective services hearings - (a) (1) A hearing for long-term custody or court-ordered protective...
§ 9-20-118. Review hearings - (a) The Department of Human Services shall periodically review the...
§ 9-20-119. Assets of a maltreated adult - (a) (1) The probate division of circuit court may enter...
§ 9-20-120. Duties and responsibilities of custodian - (a) (1) If the probate division of circuit court appoints...
§ 9-20-121. Availability of custody and protective services records - (a) Reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, medical records, or other...
§ 9-20-122. Evaluation of prospective guardians - (a) Regarding an individual listed in subsection (b) of this...
§ 9-20-123. Rights of relatives - (a) (1) If a relative has reason to believe coupled...
§ 9-20-124. Consideration of issues requiring court approval - (a) The Department of Human Services shall: (1) Request court...
Chapter 21 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-21-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Deployed Parents...
§ 9-21-102. Definitions - In this chapter: (1) “Adult” means an individual who has...
§ 9-21-103. Remedies for noncompliance - In addition to other remedies under law of this state...
§ 9-21-104. Jurisdiction - (a) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility...
§ 9-21-105. Notification required of deploying parent - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and subject...
§ 9-21-106. Duty to notify of change of address - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an individual...
§ 9-21-107. General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service - In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of...
Article 2 - Agreement Addressing Custodial Responsibility During Deployment
§ 9-21-201. Form of agreement - (a) The parents of a child may enter into a...
§ 9-21-202. Nature of authority created by agreement - (a) An agreement under this Article is temporary and terminates...
§ 9-21-203. Modification of agreement - (a) By mutual consent, the parents of a child may...
§ 9-21-204. Power of attorney - A deploying parent, by power of attorney, may delegate all...
§ 9-21-205. Filing agreement or power of attorney with court - An agreement or power of attorney under this Article must...
Article 3 - Judicial Procedure for Granting Custodial Responsibility During Deployment
§ 9-21-301. Definition - In this Article, “close and substantial relationship” means a relationship...
§ 9-21-302. Proceeding for temporary custody order - (a) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and...
§ 9-21-303. Expedited hearing - If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed under...
§ 9-21-304. Testimony by electronic means - In a proceeding under this Article, a party or witness...
§ 9-21-305. Effect of prior judicial order or agreement - In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant...
§ 9-21-306. Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent - (a) On motion of a deploying parent and in accordance...
§ 9-21-307. Grant of limited contact - On motion of a deploying parent, and in accordance with...
§ 9-21-308. Nature of authority created by temporary custody order - (a) A grant of authority under this Article is temporary...
§ 9-21-309. Content of temporary custody order - (a) An order granting custodial responsibility under this Article must:...
§ 9-21-310. Order for child support - If a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority...
§ 9-21-311. Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent - (a) Except for an order under § 9-21-305, except as...
Article 4 - Return from Deployment
§ 9-21-401. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement - (a) At any time after return from deployment, a temporary...
§ 9-21-402. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order - At any time after a deploying parent returns from deployment,...
§ 9-21-403. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility - After a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary...
§ 9-21-404. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order - (a) If an agreement between the parties to terminate a...
Article 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 9-21-501. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 9-21-502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...
§ 9-21-503. Savings clause - This chapter does not affect the validity of a temporary...