{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-80-6-607","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 80-6-607","heading":"Case planning and appropriate responses.","body":"(1) For a minor adjudicated and placed on probation under Section 80-6-702 or committed to the division under Section 80-6-703, a case plan shall be created and:\n(a) developed in collaboration with the minor and the minor's family;\n(b) individualized to the minor;\n(c) informed by the results of a validated risk and needs assessment under Section 80-6-606; and\n(d) tailored to the minor's offense and history.\n(2)\n(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the division shall develop a statewide system of appropriate responses to guide responses to the behaviors of minors:\n(i) undergoing nonjudicial adjustments;\n(ii) whose case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; and\n(iii) in the custody of the division.\n(b) The system of responses shall include both sanctions and incentives that:\n(i) are swift and certain;\n(ii) include a continuum of community based responses for minors living at home;\n(iii) target a minor's criminogenic risks and needs, as determined by the results of a validated risk and needs assessment under Section 80-6-606, and the severity of the violation; and\n(iv) authorize earned discharge credits as one incentive for compliance.\n(c) After considering the juvenile disposition guidelines, as defined in Section 75E-4-101, the system of appropriate responses under Subsections (2)(a) and (b) shall be developed.\n(3)\n(a) A response to compliant or noncompliant behavior under Subsection (2) shall be documented in the minor's case plan.\n(b) Documentation under Subsection (3)(a) shall include:\n(i) positive behaviors and incentives offered;\n(ii) violations and corresponding sanctions; and\n(iii) whether the minor has a subsequent violation after a sanction.\n(4) Before referring a minor to a juvenile court for judicial review, or to the authority if the minor is under the jurisdiction of the authority, in response to a contempt filing under Section 78A-6-353 or an order to show cause, a pattern of appropriate responses shall be documented in the minor's case plan in accordance with Subsections (3)(a) and (b) .\n(5) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), if a minor violates a protective order or an ex parte protective order listed in Section 78B-7-803, the violation may be filed directly with the juvenile court.","path":["Title 80 Utah Juvenile Code","Chapter 80-6 Juvenile Justice","Part 80-6-6 Delinquency Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title80/Chapter6/80-6-S607.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"7e824b0d87ed513c3c17a46921306a2468ed85529b6edb5b012d68cca84989bc","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-80-6-606","next":"us-ut/utah-code-80-6-608"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}