41-5-342. Criteria for placement of youth in shelter care facilities. A youth may be placed in a shelter care facility only if:
(1) the youth and the youth's family need shelter care to address their problematic situation and it is not possible for the youth to remain at home;
(2) the youth needs to be protected from physical or emotional harm;
(3) the youth needs to be deterred or prevented from immediate repetition of troubling behavior;
(4) shelter care is necessary to assess the youth and the youth's environment;
(5) shelter care is necessary to provide adequate time for case planning and disposition; or
(6) shelter care is necessary to intervene in a crisis situation and provide intensive services or attention that might alleviate the problem and reunite the family.
History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 286, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
41-5-301. Renumbered 41-5-1201
41-5-302. Renumbered 41-3-1111
41-5-304. Renumbered 41-5-1206
41-5-317. through 41-5-320 reserved
41-5-322. Release from custody -- detention -- shelter care
41-5-324. through 41-5-330 reserved
41-5-331. Rights of youth taken into custody -- questioning -- waiver of rights
41-5-332. Custody -- hearing for probable cause
41-5-333. Custody -- hearing for probable cause -- procedure
41-5-334. Custody -- hearing for probable cause -- determinations -- detention -- release
41-5-335. through 41-5-340 reserved
41-5-341. Criteria for placement of youth in secure detention facilities
41-5-342. Criteria for placement of youth in shelter care facilities
41-5-343. Criteria for placement of youth in youth assessment centers
41-5-345. Limitation on placement of youth in need of intervention
41-5-346. Limitation on placement of delinquent youth
41-5-347. Place of shelter care
41-5-349. Youth not to be detained in jail -- exceptions -- time limitations
41-5-350. Permitted acts -- detention of youth in law enforcement facilities -- criteria