§ 5304. Designated shelters for runaway children
The Commissioner shall designate shelters throughout the State where a child may be housed for a period not to exceed 21 days if he or she is:
(1) taken into custody pursuant to subdivision 5301(3) of this title; or
(2) referred by other means described in the policies of the Department for Children and Families. (Added 2007, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 9, § 2, eff. April 25, 2017.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 53 - Children in Need of Care or Supervision
§ 5302. Request for emergency care order
§ 5303. Procedure for runaway children
§ 5304. Designated shelters for runaway children
§ 5305. Emergency care order; conditional custody order
§ 5306. Notice of emergency care order and temporary care hearing
§ 5307. Temporary care hearing
§ 5311. Service of summons and petition; no request for temporary care order
§ 5312. Failure to appear at preliminary hearing
§ 5313. Timelines for pretrial and merits hearing
§ 5314. Filing of initial case plan
§ 5319. Parent-child contact and contact with siblings and relatives
§ 5320. Postdisposition review hearing
§ 5320a. Duration of conditional custody orders postdisposition
§ 5322. Placement of a child in a facility used for treatment of delinquent children