(a) (1) The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of and shall be the sole court for the following proceedings governed by this subchapter, including without limitation:(A) Proceedings in which a juvenile is alleged to be dependent or dependent-neglected from birth to eighteen (18) years of age, except for the following:(i) (a) A juvenile who has been adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected before eighteen (18) years of age may request the court to continue jurisdiction over the juvenile until twenty-one (21) years of age so long as the juvenile is:(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;(2) Enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary or vocational education;(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or(5) Incapable of completing school or work requirements due to a documented medical condition. (b) The court shall retain jurisdiction only if the juvenile meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section or has a viable plan to meet the requirements. (c) The court shall discontinue jurisdiction only after a hearing to determine whether: (1) The juvenile: (A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care; (B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or (C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and (2) The Department of Human Services has fully complied with § 9-28-114 or § 9-35-334; or(ii) A juvenile may contact his or her attorney ad litem to petition the court to return to the court's jurisdiction if the juvenile: (a) Was adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected; (b) Was in foster care at eighteen (18) years of age; and (c) Left foster care but desires to submit to the jurisdiction of the court before reaching twenty-one (21) years of age to benefit from extended foster care;(B) Proceedings in which emergency custody, protective custody, or a seventy-two-hour hold has been taken on a juvenile under § 9-35-308, § 9-35-309, § 9-35-409, or the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.;(C) Proceedings for termination of parental rights for a juvenile under this subchapter;(D) Proceedings in which custody of a juvenile is transferred to the department;(E) Custodial placement proceedings filed by the department; and(F) Proceedings in dependency-neglect to set aside an order of permanent custody upon the disruption of the placement.(2) A juvenile shall not under any circumstance remain under the court's jurisdiction past twenty-one (21) years of age.(3) (A) When the department exercises protective custody of a juvenile under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq., files a petition for an ex parte emergency order, or files a petition for dependency-neglect concerning that juvenile, before or subsequent to the other legal proceeding, a party to that petition may file a motion to transfer any other legal proceeding concerning the juvenile to the court hearing the dependency-neglect petition.(B) Upon the filing of a motion, the other legal proceeding shall be transferred to the court hearing the dependency-neglect case.(4) The court shall retain jurisdiction to issue orders of adoption if a juvenile is placed outside the State of Arkansas.
(1) The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of and shall be the sole court for the following proceedings governed by this subchapter, including without limitation:(A) Proceedings in which a juvenile is alleged to be dependent or dependent-neglected from birth to eighteen (18) years of age, except for the following:(i) (a) A juvenile who has been adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected before eighteen (18) years of age may request the court to continue jurisdiction over the juvenile until twenty-one (21) years of age so long as the juvenile is:(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;(2) Enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary or vocational education;(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or(5) Incapable of completing school or work requirements due to a documented medical condition. (b) The court shall retain jurisdiction only if the juvenile meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section or has a viable plan to meet the requirements. (c) The court shall discontinue jurisdiction only after a hearing to determine whether: (1) The juvenile: (A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care; (B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or (C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and (2) The Department of Human Services has fully complied with § 9-28-114 or § 9-35-334; or(ii) A juvenile may contact his or her attorney ad litem to petition the court to return to the court's jurisdiction if the juvenile: (a) Was adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected; (b) Was in foster care at eighteen (18) years of age; and (c) Left foster care but desires to submit to the jurisdiction of the court before reaching twenty-one (21) years of age to benefit from extended foster care;(B) Proceedings in which emergency custody, protective custody, or a seventy-two-hour hold has been taken on a juvenile under § 9-35-308, § 9-35-309, § 9-35-409, or the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.;(C) Proceedings for termination of parental rights for a juvenile under this subchapter;(D) Proceedings in which custody of a juvenile is transferred to the department;(E) Custodial placement proceedings filed by the department; and(F) Proceedings in dependency-neglect to set aside an order of permanent custody upon the disruption of the placement.
(A) Proceedings in which a juvenile is alleged to be dependent or dependent-neglected from birth to eighteen (18) years of age, except for the following:(i) (a) A juvenile who has been adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected before eighteen (18) years of age may request the court to continue jurisdiction over the juvenile until twenty-one (21) years of age so long as the juvenile is:(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;(2) Enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary or vocational education;(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or(5) Incapable of completing school or work requirements due to a documented medical condition. (b) The court shall retain jurisdiction only if the juvenile meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section or has a viable plan to meet the requirements. (c) The court shall discontinue jurisdiction only after a hearing to determine whether: (1) The juvenile: (A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care; (B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or (C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and (2) The Department of Human Services has fully complied with § 9-28-114 or § 9-35-334; or(ii) A juvenile may contact his or her attorney ad litem to petition the court to return to the court's jurisdiction if the juvenile: (a) Was adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected; (b) Was in foster care at eighteen (18) years of age; and (c) Left foster care but desires to submit to the jurisdiction of the court before reaching twenty-one (21) years of age to benefit from extended foster care;
(i) (a) A juvenile who has been adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected before eighteen (18) years of age may request the court to continue jurisdiction over the juvenile until twenty-one (21) years of age so long as the juvenile is:(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;(2) Enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary or vocational education;(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or(5) Incapable of completing school or work requirements due to a documented medical condition. (b) The court shall retain jurisdiction only if the juvenile meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section or has a viable plan to meet the requirements. (c) The court shall discontinue jurisdiction only after a hearing to determine whether: (1) The juvenile: (A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care; (B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or (C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and (2) The Department of Human Services has fully complied with § 9-28-114 or § 9-35-334; or
(a) A juvenile who has been adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected before eighteen (18) years of age may request the court to continue jurisdiction over the juvenile until twenty-one (21) years of age so long as the juvenile is:(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;(2) Enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary or vocational education;(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or(5) Incapable of completing school or work requirements due to a documented medical condition.
(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;
(2) Enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary or vocational education;
(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;
(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or
(5) Incapable of completing school or work requirements due to a documented medical condition.
(b) The court shall retain jurisdiction only if the juvenile meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section or has a viable plan to meet the requirements.
(c) The court shall discontinue jurisdiction only after a hearing to determine whether: (1) The juvenile: (A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care; (B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or (C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and (2) The Department of Human Services has fully complied with § 9-28-114 or § 9-35-334; or
(1) The juvenile: (A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care; (B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or (C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and
(A) Knowingly and voluntarily is requesting to leave care;
(B) Has failed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section; or
(C) Does not have a viable plan to meet the requirements; and
(2) The Department of Human Services has fully complied with § 9-28-114 or § 9-35-334; or
(ii) A juvenile may contact his or her attorney ad litem to petition the court to return to the court's jurisdiction if the juvenile: (a) Was adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected; (b) Was in foster care at eighteen (18) years of age; and (c) Left foster care but desires to submit to the jurisdiction of the court before reaching twenty-one (21) years of age to benefit from extended foster care;
(a) Was adjudicated dependent or dependent-neglected;
(b) Was in foster care at eighteen (18) years of age; and
(c) Left foster care but desires to submit to the jurisdiction of the court before reaching twenty-one (21) years of age to benefit from extended foster care;
(B) Proceedings in which emergency custody, protective custody, or a seventy-two-hour hold has been taken on a juvenile under § 9-35-308, § 9-35-309, § 9-35-409, or the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.;
(C) Proceedings for termination of parental rights for a juvenile under this subchapter;
(D) Proceedings in which custody of a juvenile is transferred to the department;
(E) Custodial placement proceedings filed by the department; and
(F) Proceedings in dependency-neglect to set aside an order of permanent custody upon the disruption of the placement.
(2) A juvenile shall not under any circumstance remain under the court's jurisdiction past twenty-one (21) years of age.
(3) (A) When the department exercises protective custody of a juvenile under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq., files a petition for an ex parte emergency order, or files a petition for dependency-neglect concerning that juvenile, before or subsequent to the other legal proceeding, a party to that petition may file a motion to transfer any other legal proceeding concerning the juvenile to the court hearing the dependency-neglect petition.(B) Upon the filing of a motion, the other legal proceeding shall be transferred to the court hearing the dependency-neglect case.
(A) When the department exercises protective custody of a juvenile under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq., files a petition for an ex parte emergency order, or files a petition for dependency-neglect concerning that juvenile, before or subsequent to the other legal proceeding, a party to that petition may file a motion to transfer any other legal proceeding concerning the juvenile to the court hearing the dependency-neglect petition.
(B) Upon the filing of a motion, the other legal proceeding shall be transferred to the court hearing the dependency-neglect case.
(4) The court shall retain jurisdiction to issue orders of adoption if a juvenile is placed outside the State of Arkansas.
(b) The assignment of a case to the juvenile division of the circuit court shall be as described by the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14, originally issued on April 6, 2001.
(c) The circuit court shall have jurisdiction to hear proceedings commenced in any court of this state or court of comparable jurisdiction of another state that are transferred to the circuit court under the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, § 9-19-101 et seq.
(d) Regardless of funding, a juvenile will be allowed to return to foster care if:(1) Evidence is presented to the circuit court that the department failed to comply with § 9-28-114 and § 9-35-334 or if there is evidence that the juvenile was coerced by an employee or agent of the department to leave foster care; or(2) The juvenile submits a request to reenter foster care in writing or verbally to the department.
(1) Evidence is presented to the circuit court that the department failed to comply with § 9-28-114 and § 9-35-334 or if there is evidence that the juvenile was coerced by an employee or agent of the department to leave foster care; or
(2) The juvenile submits a request to reenter foster care in writing or verbally to the department.
(e) If a juvenile over eighteen (18) years of age who is allowed to reenter extended foster care fails to be engaged in or have a viable plan to meet the requirements in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section or have a viable plan to meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section for more than sixty (60) days, the department may:(1) File a motion to terminate the jurisdiction of the court and discharge the juvenile from foster care; or(2) Provide notice to the juvenile not under the jurisdiction of the court that his or her case will be closed and discharge the juvenile from foster care.
(1) File a motion to terminate the jurisdiction of the court and discharge the juvenile from foster care; or
(2) Provide notice to the juvenile not under the jurisdiction of the court that his or her case will be closed and discharge the juvenile from foster care.