Title 8, Child Safety

A. A person who is a party to an action initiated pursuant to this article is entitled to a change of judge for cause on any of the following grounds: 1. The judge has been engaged as counsel in the matter before appointment or election as a judge. 2. The judge has an interest in…

A. The court may establish a permanent guardianship between a child and the guardian if the prospective guardianship is in the child's best interests and all of the following apply: 1. The child has been adjudicated a dependent child or is the subject of a pending dependency peti…

A. Any party to a dependency proceeding or a pending dependency proceeding may file a motion for permanent guardianship. The motion shall be verified by the person who files the motion and shall include the following: 1. The name, sex, residence and date and place of birth of the…

A. The child, a parent of the child, the guardian of the child or any party to the dependency proceeding may file a petition for the revocation of an order granting permanent guardianship if there is a significant change of circumstances, including: 1. The child's parent is able …

A. If a dependency petition is filed on a permanent guardian, the court shall order reunification services in the pending dependency proceeding for the parent whose child was previously adjudicated dependent resulting in the appointment of the permanent guardian if, after receivi…

A. If a permanent guardian appointed pursuant to section 8-872 is unable or unwilling to continue to serve as permanent guardian, the permanent guardian, the division or an interested party may file a motion for appointment of a successor permanent guardian. The motion shall be v…

In assisting the development of community programs, the department of child safety in partnership with the Arizona health care cost containment system as joint administrators of the program shall consider the following issues: 1. The determination of eligibility and a screening p…

In developing the requirements for contractors who provide prevention and treatment of substance abuse in communities, the department of child safety in partnership with the Arizona health care cost containment system as joint administrators of the program shall: 1. Prescribe tha…

A. In developing the method of evaluating community substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, the department of child safety in partnership with the Arizona health care cost containment system as joint administrators of the program shall prescribe evaluation factors that…

A. After the filing of a dependency petition, the court may order in-home intervention if all of the following are true: 1. The child has not been removed pursuant to article 9 of this chapter. 2. In-home intervention appears likely to resolve the risk issues described in paragra…

If the parent, guardian or custodian violates the in-home intervention order, the court may take whatever steps it deems necessary to obtain compliance or may rescind the order and set the dependency adjudication hearing as provided in sections 8-842 and 8-843.