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§49-4-101. Exercise of Powers and Jurisdiction by Judge in Vacation - §49-4-101. Exercise of powers and jurisdiction by judge in vacation....
§49-4-102. Procedure for Appealing Decisions - Cases under this chapter, if tried in any inferior court,...
§49-4-103. Proceedings May Not Be Evidence Against Child, or Be Published; Adjudication Is Not a Conviction and Not a Bar to Civil Service Eligibility - Any evidence given in any cause or proceeding under this...
§49-4-104. General Provisions Relating to Court Orders Regarding Custody; Rules - (a) The Supreme Court of Appeals, in consultation with the...
§49-4-105. Hearing Required to Determine &Quot;reasonable efforts." - A hearing by a circuit court of competent jurisdiction is...
§49-4-106. Limitation on Out-of-Home Placements - Before any child may be directed for placement in a...
§49-4-107. Penalties - A person who violates an order, rule, or regulation made...
§49-4-108. Payment of Services - (a) At any time during any proceedings brought pursuant to...
§49-4-109. Guardianship of Estate of Child Unaffected - This chapter may not be construed to give the guardian...
§49-4-110. Foster Care; Quarterly Status Review; Transitioning Adults; Annual Permanency Hearings - (a) For each child who remains in foster care as...
§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 - (a) The department may temporarily remove a child from a...
§49-4-112. Subsidized Adoption and Legal Guardianship; Conditions - (a) From funds appropriated to the Department of Health and...
§49-4-113. Duration of Custody or Guardianship of Children Committed to Department - (a) A child committed to the department for guardianship, after...
§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 - (a)(1) Whenever a child welfare agency licensed to place children...
§49-4-115. Emancipation - (a) A child over the age of sixteen may petition...
§49-4-116. Voluntary Placement; Petition; Requirements; Attorney Appointed; Court Hearing; Orders - (a) Within ninety days of the date of the signatures...
§49-4-201. Accepting Possession of Certain Relinquished Children - (a) A hospital or health care facility operating in this...
§49-4-202. Notification of Possession of Relinquished Child; Department Responsibilities - (a) (1) Not later than the close of the first...
§49-4-203. Filing Petition After Accepting Possession of Relinquished Child - A child of whom the Department of Health and Human...
§49-4-204. Immunity From Certain Prosecutions - A parent who relinquishes his or her child in good...
§49-4-205. Adoption Eligibility - The child is eligible for adoption as an abandoned child...
§49-4-206. Designation of Local Fire Department as a Safe-Surrender Site; Posting Requirement - The governing entity of a local fire department that is...
§49-4-301. Custody of a Neglected Child by Law Enforcement in Emergency Situations; Protective Custody; Requirements; Notices; Petition for Appointment of Special Guardian; Discharge; Immunity - §49-4-301. Custody of a neglected child by law enforcement in...
§49-4-302. Authorizing a Family Court Judge to Order Custody of a Child in Emergency Situations; Requirements; Orders; Investigative Reports; Notification Required - (a) Notwithstanding the jurisdictional limitations contained in section two, article...
§49-4-303. Emergency Removal by Department Before Filing of Petition; Conditions; Referee; Application for Emergency Custody; Order - Prior to the filing of a petition, a child protective...
§49-4-401. Purpose; System to Be a Complement to Existing Programs - Transition Plans and Aftercare Plans. §49-4-401. Purpose; system to be...
§49-4-402. Multidisciplinary Investigative Teams; Establishment; Membership; Procedures; Coordination Among Agencies; Confidentiality - (a) The prosecuting attorney of each county shall establish a...
§49-4-403. Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning Process; Coordination; Access to Information - (a)(1) A multidisciplinary treatment planning process for cases initiated pursuant...
§49-4-404. Court Review of Service Plan; Hearing; Required Findings; Order; Team Member's Objections - (a) In any case in which a multidisciplinary treatment team...
§49-4-405. Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning Process Involving Child Abuse and Neglect; Team Membership; Duties; Reports; Admissions - (a) Within thirty days of the initiation of a judicial...
§49-4-406. Multidisciplinary Treatment Process for Status Offenders or Delinquents; Requirements; Custody; Procedure; Reports; Cooperation; Inadmissibility of Certain Statements - (a) When a juvenile is adjudicated as a status offender...
§49-4-407. Team Directors; Records; Case Logs - All persons directing any team created pursuant to this article...
§49-4-408. Unified Child and Family Case Plans; Treatment Teams; Programs; Agency Requirements - (a) The Department of Health and Human Resources shall develop...
§49-4-409. After-Care Plans; Contents; Written Comments; Contacts; Objections; Courts - (a) Prior to the discharge of a child from any...
§49-4-410. Other Agencies of Government Required to Cooperate - State, county and local agencies shall provide the multidisciplinary teams...
§49-4-411. Law Enforcement; Prosecution; Interference With Performance of Duties - No multidisciplinary team may take any action which, in the...
§49-4-412. Exemption From Multidisciplinary Team Review Before Emergency Out-of-Home Placements - Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a...
§49-4-413. Individualized Case Planning - (a) For any juvenile ordered to probation supervision pursuant to...
§49-4-501. Prosecuting Attorney Representation of the Department of Health and Human Resources; Conflict Resolution - §49-4-501. Prosecuting attorney representation of the Department of Health and...
§49-4-502. Prosecuting Attorney to Cooperate With Persons Other Than the Department in Child Abuse and Neglect Matters; Duties - It is the duty of every prosecuting attorney to cooperate...
§49-4-503. Prosecuting Attorney to Represent Petitioner in Juvenile Cases - The prosecuting attorney shall represent the petitioner in all proceedings...
§49-4-504. Prosecuting Attorney Duty to Establish Multidisciplinary Investigative Teams - The prosecuting attorney of each county shall establish a multidisciplinary...
§49-4-601. Petition to Court When Child Believed Neglected or Abused; Venue; Notice; Right to Counsel; Continuing Legal Education; Findings; Proceedings; Procedure - §49-4-601. Petition to court when child believed neglected or abused;...
§49-4-601a. Preference of Child Placement - When a child is removed from his or her home,...
§49-4-601b. Substantiation by the Department of Abuse and Neglect - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,...
§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 Unnecessa... - (a)(1) Temporary care, custody, and control upon filing of the...
§49-4-603. Medical and Mental Examinations; Limitation of Evidence; Probable Cause; Testimony; Judge or Referee - (a)(1) At any time during proceedings under this article the...
§49-4-604. Disposition of Neglected or Abused Children; Case Plans; Dispositions; Factors to Be Considered; Reunification; Orders; Alternative Dispositions - (a) Child and family case plans. Following a determination pursuant...
§49-4-605. When Department Efforts to Terminate Parental Rights Are Required - (a) Except as provided in §49-4-605(b) of this code, the...
§49-4-606. Modification of Dispositional Orders; Hearings; Treatment Team; Unadopted Children - (a) Upon motion of a child, a child's parent or...
§49-4-607. Consensual Termination of Parental Rights - An agreement of a natural parent in termination of parental...
§49-4-608. Permanency Hearing; Frequency; Transitional Planning; Out-of-State Placements; Findings; Notice; Permanent Placement Review - (a) Permanency hearing when reasonable efforts are not required. —...
§49-4-609. Conviction for Offenses Against Children - In any case where a person is convicted of an...
§49-4-610. Improvement Periods in Cases of Child Neglect or Abuse; Findings; Orders; Extensions; Hearings; Time Limits - In any proceeding brought pursuant to this article, the court...
§49-4-701. Juvenile Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts, Magistrate Courts and Municipal Courts; Constitutional Guarantees; Requirements; Hearings; Right to Counsel; Opportunity to Be Heard; Evidence and Transcripts - §49-4-701. Juvenile jurisdiction of circuit courts, magistrate courts and municipal...
§49-4-702. Prepetition Diversion to Informal Resolution; Mandatory Prepetition Diversion Program for Status Offenses and Misdemeanor Offenses; Prepetition Review Team - (a) Before a juvenile petition is formally filed with the...
§49-4-702a. Noncustodial Counseling or Community Services Provided to a Juvenile; Prepetition Counsel and Advice - (a) The court at any time, or the department or...
§49-4-703. Juvenile Drug Courts; Hearing Officers - Juvenile drug courts shall be designed and operated consistent with...
§49-4-704. Institution of Proceedings by Petition; Notice to Juvenile and Parents; Preliminary Hearings; Subpoena - (a)(1) A petition alleging that a juvenile is a status...
§49-4-705. Taking a Juvenile Into Custody; Requirements; Existing Conditions; Detention Centers; Medical Aid - (a) In proceedings formally instituted by the filing of a...
§49-4-706. Detention Hearing; Rights of Juvenile; Notification; Counsel; Hearings - (a) The circuit court judge or magistrate shall inform the...
§49-4-707. Review of Order Following Detention Hearing - Upon the application of any person in interest or on...
§49-4-708. Preliminary Hearing; Counsel; Custody; Court Requirements; Preadjudicatory Community Supervision Period - (a) Following the filing of a juvenile petition, unless a...
§49-4-709. Right to Jury Trial for Juveniles; Inapplicability - (a) In a proceeding under this article, the juvenile, the...
§49-4-710. Waiver and Transfer of Jurisdiction - (a) Upon written motion of the prosecuting attorney filed at...
§49-4-711. Adjudication for Alleged Status Offenders and Delinquents; Mandatory Initial Disposition of Status Offenders - At the outset of an adjudicatory hearing, the court shall...
§49-4-712. Intervention and Services by the Department Pursuant to Initial Disposition for Status Offenders or Juvenile Found Incompetent to Stand Trial; Enforcement; Further Disposition; Detention; Out-of-Home Placement; Department Custody; Least Re... - (a) Services provided by the department to juveniles adjudicated as...
§49-4-713. Graduated Penalties for Juvenile Alcohol Consumption; Fines; Community Service; Revocation of Driver's License - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary,...
§49-4-714. Disposition of Juvenile Delinquents; Appeal - (a) In aid of disposition of juvenile delinquents, the juvenile...
§49-4-715. Authority of the Courts to Impose Additional Penalties; Public Service Projects; Ineligible to Operate a Motor Vehicle; Restitution - (a) In addition to the methods of disposition provided in...
§49-4-716. Teen Court Program; Alternative; Suitability; Unsuccessful Cooperation; Requirements; Fees - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary,...
§49-4-717. Sexting Educational Diversion Program; Requirements - (a) Before a juvenile petition is filed for activity proscribed...
§49-4-718. Modification of Dispositional Orders; Motions; Hearings - (a) A dispositional order of the court may be modified:...
§49-4-719. Juvenile Probation Officers; Appointment; Salary; Facilities; Expenses; Duties; Powers - (a)(1) Each circuit court, subject to the approval of the...
§49-4-720. Prohibition on Committing Juveniles to Adult Facilities - (a) A juvenile, including one who has been transferred to...
§49-4-721. Rules Governing Juvenile Facilities; Rights of Juveniles - (a) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Services within...
§49-4-722. Conviction for Offense While in Custody - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...
§49-4-723. Discrimination Prohibited; Penalties; Damages - (a) No individual, firm, corporation or other entity may discriminate...
§49-4-724. Standardized Assessments - (a) The Supreme Court of Appeals is requested to adopt...
§49-4-725. Restorative Justice Programs - (a) The court or prosecuting attorney may offer a juvenile,...
§49-4-726. Study of Juvenile Competency Issues; Requiring and Requesting Report and Proposed Legislation; Submission to Legislature - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...
§49-4-727. Juvenile Competency Proceedings - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this...
§49-4-729. Motion for Determination of Competency, Time Frames, Order for Evaluation - (a) When the prosecuting attorney, the juveniles attorney, or the...
§49-4-730. Juvenile Competency Qualified Forensic Evaluator; Qualifications - An evaluation ordered by the court shall be conducted by...
§49-4-731. Juvenile Competency Evaluation - (a) The qualified forensic evaluator shall file with the court...
§49-4-732. Hearing to Determine Juvenile S Competency to Participate in the Proceedings - (a) Not more than 15 judicial days after receiving the...
§49-4-733. Procedure After Determination of Juvenile S Competency to Participate in the Proceedings - (a) After a hearing pursuant to 49-4-732 of this code,...
§49-4-734. Disposition Alternatives for Incompetent Juveniles - (a) If the court determines that the juvenile has attained...
§49-4-735. Stay of Transfer to Criminal Jurisdiction - If a juvenile is presumed incompetent under 49-4-727(c) of this...
§49-4-801. Support of a Child Removed From Home Pursuant to This Chapter; Order Requirements - §49-4-801. Support of a child removed from home pursuant to...
§49-4-802. General Provisions for Support Orders; Contempt - (a) Any pre-existing support order from any other court or...
§49-4-803. Enforcement of Support Orders - (a) Support orders may be enforced through any manner provided...
§49-4-903. Interference With Disposition of Child Punishable as Contempt of Court - A person who interferes with the direction of disposition of...
§49-4-904. Enticing Child From Custody; Penalties - A person who personally or by agent entices or forcibly...