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- 32A-3B-9 · Change in placement.
- 32A-3B-10 · Petition; endorsement of petition.
- 32A-3B-11 · Petition; allegations.
- 32A-3B-12 · Adjudicatory hearing; time limitations.
- 32A-3B-13 · Conduct of hearings; penalty.
- 32A-3B-14 · Findings; dismissal; dispositional matters.
- 32A-3B-15 · Plan for family services.
- 32A-3B-16 · Dispositional judgment.
- 32A-3B-17 · Disposition of a child with a developmental disability or mental disorder; proceedings.
- 32A-3B-18 · Dispositional judgments; time limitations; modification, termination or extension of court order.
- 32A-3B-19 · Periodic review of dispositional judgments.
- 32A-3B-20 · Parental responsibility.
- 32A-3B-21 · Expungement of records.
- 32A-3B-22 · Confidentiality; records; penalty.
- 32A-4-1 · Short title.
- 32A-4-2 · Definitions.
- 32A-4-3 · Duty to report child abuse and child neglect; responsibility to investigate child abuse or neglect; penalty; notification of plan of safe care.
- 32A-4-4 · Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry.
- 32A-4-4.1 · Multilevel response system.
- 32A-4-5 · Admissibility of report in evidence; immunity of reporting person; investigation of report.
- 32A-4-6 · Taking into custody; penalty.
- 32A-4-7 · Release or delivery from custody.
- 32A-4-8 · Place of temporary custody.
- 32A-4-9 · Indian child placement; preferences.
- 32A-4-10 · Basic rights.
- 32A-4-11 · Use immunity.
- 32A-4-12 · Protective orders.
- 32A-4-13 · Contempt power.
- 32A-4-14 · Change in placement.
- 32A-4-15 · Petition; authorization to file.
- 32A-4-16 · Ex-parte custody orders.
- 32A-4-17 · Summons; content.
- 32A-4-17.1 · Notice to grandparents and relatives.
- 32A-4-18 · Custody hearings; time limitations; notice; probable cause.
- 32A-4-19 · Adjudicatory hearings; time limitations.
- 32A-4-20 · Conduct of hearings; findings; dismissal; dispositional matters; penalty.
- 32A-4-21 · Neglect or abuse predisposition studies, reports and examinations; support services.
- 32A-4-22 · Disposition of adjudicated abused or neglected child.
- 32A-4-23 · Disposition of a child with a mental disorder or a developmental disability in a proceeding under the Abuse and Neglect Act.
- 32A-4-23.1 · Disposition of an undocumented immigrant child in a proceeding under the Abuse and Neglect Act.
- 32A-4-24 · Limitations on dispositional judgments; modification, termination or extension of court orders.
- 32A-4-25 · Periodic judicial review of dispositional judgments.
- 32A-4-25.1 · Permanency hearings; permanency review hearings.
- 32A-4-25.2 · Transition services.
- 32A-4-25.3 · Discharge hearing.
- 32A-4-26 · Parental responsibility.
- 32A-4-27 · Intervention; persons permitted to intervene.
- 32A-4-28 · Termination of parental rights; adoption decree.
- 32A-4-29 · Termination procedure.
- 32A-4-30 · Attorney fees.
- 32A-4-31 · Permanent guardianship of a child.
- 32A-4-32 · Permanent guardianship; procedure.
- 32A-4-33 · Confidentiality; information; penalty.
- 32A-4-33.1 · Fatalities; near fatalities; records release.
- 32A-4-33.2 · Creation and maintenance of dashboard on department website; annual report.
- 32A-4-34 · Duties of employees.
- 32A-4-35 · Appointment or change of educational decision maker.
- 32A-4A-1 · Short title.
- 32A-4A-2 · Definition.
- 32A-4A-3 · Children's advocacy centers; duties.
- 32A-4A-4 · Multidisciplinary child abuse teams; establishment; membership; duties.
- 32A-5-1 · Short title.
- 32A-5-2 · Purpose.
- 32A-5-3 · Definitions.
- 32A-5-3.1 · Applicability of terms.
- 32A-5-4 · Application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
- 32A-5-5 · Indian child placement preferences.
- 32A-5-6 · Authority of the department.
- 32A-5-7 · Clerk of the court; duties.
- 32A-5-8 · Confidentiality of records.
- 32A-5-9 · Caption.
- 32A-5-10 · Venue.
- 32A-5-11 · Who may be adopted; who may adopt.
- 32A-5-12 · Placement for adoption; restrictions; full disclosure.
- 32A-5-13 · Independent adoptions; request for placement; placement order; certification.
- 32A-5-14 · Pre-placement study.
- 32A-5-14.1 · Criminal history records check; background checks.
- 32A-5-15 · Termination of parental rights.
- 32A-5-16 · Termination procedures.
- 32A-5-17 · Persons whose consents or relinquishments are required.
- 32A-5-18 · Implied consent or relinquishment.
- 32A-5-19 · Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required.
- 32A-5-20 · Putative father registry; notice; penalty.
- 32A-5-21 · Form of consent or relinquishment.
- 32A-5-22 · Persons required to receive counseling; content and form of counseling.
- 32A-5-23 · Persons who may take consents or relinquishments; accounting of disbursements.
- 32A-5-24 · Relinquishments to the department.
- 32A-5-25 · Petition; time of filing.
- 32A-5-26 · Petition; content.
- 32A-5-27 · Notice of petition; form of service; waiver.
- 32A-5-28 · Response to petition.
- 32A-5-29 · Custody pending decree.
- 32A-5-30 · Removal of adoptee from the county.
- 32A-5-31 · Post-placement report.
- 32A-5-32 · Stepparent adoptions.
- 32A-5-33 · Appointment of guardian ad litem or attorney for the adoptee or other party.
- 32A-5-34 · Fees and charges; damages.
- 32A-5-35 · Open adoptions.
- 32A-5-36 · Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption.
- 32A-5-37 · Status of adoptee and petitioner upon entry of decree of adoption.