Title 80, Utah Juvenile Code

80-3-106. Record of proceedings. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Record of a proceeding" does not include documentary materials of any type submitted to the juvenile court as part of the proceeding, including items submitted under Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 45. (b) …

80-3-107. Disclosure of records -- Record sharing. (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(d) and (e), in an abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding occurring after the commencement of a shelter hearing under Section 80-3-301, or the filing of an abuse, neglect, or dependen…

80-3-108. Opportunity for a minor to address the juvenile court -- Consideration of minor's statement outside of court. (1) As used in this section, "postadjudication hearing" means: (a) a dispositional hearing; (b) a permanency hearing; or (c) a review hearing, except a drug cou…

80-3-109. Physical or mental health examination during proceedings -- Division duties. (1) In a proceeding under this chapter, the juvenile court: (a) may appoint any mental health therapist, as defined in Section 58-60-102, who the juvenile court finds to be qualified to: (i) ev…

80-3-110. Consideration of cannabis during proceedings -- Drug testing. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Cannabis" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (b) "Cannabis product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (c)(i) "Chronic" me…

80-3-111. Interstate compact -- Relative placement. (1) If, for a relative placement, an interstate placement requested under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children has been initiated by the division or is ordered by or pending before the juvenile court, the court ma…

80-3-201. Petition -- Who may file -- Timing -- Dismissal -- Notice. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), any interested person may file an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition. (2) A person described in Subsection (1) shall make a referral with the division before the person files a…

80-3-202. Expedited filing of petition. (1) If an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition is requested by the division, the attorney general shall file the abuse, neglect, or dependency petition within 72 hours after the completion of the division's investigation and request, excl…

80-3-203. Expedited hearing for temporary custody. (1) After an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition is filed, the juvenile court may make an order: (a) providing for temporary custody of the child who is the subject of the petition; or (b) that the division provide protective …

80-3-204. Protective custody of a child after a petition is filed -- Grounds. (1) When an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition is filed, the juvenile court shall apply, in addressing the petition, the least restrictive means and alternatives available to accomplish a compelling…

80-3-205. Coordination of proceedings. (1) In each case where an information or indictment is filed against a defendant concerning abuse, neglect, or dependency of a child, and a petition is filed in juvenile court concerning the victim, the appropriate county attorney's or distr…

80-3-206. Mediation. If an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition is filed, or if a matter is referred to the juvenile court under Subsection 78A-6-104(1)(a)(iii), the juvenile court may require the parties to participate in mediation in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part…

80-3-207. Modification of petition -- Continuance. (1) When it appears in a proceeding under this chapter that evidence presented points to material facts not alleged in the abuse, neglect, or dependency petition, the juvenile court may consider the additional or different matter…

80-3-301. Shelter hearing -- Court considerations. (1) A juvenile court shall hold a shelter hearing to determine the temporary custody of a child within 72 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, after any one or all of the following occur: (a) removal of the child from the chil…

80-3-302. Shelter hearing -- Placement of a child. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Asserted an interest" means to communicate, verbally or in writing, to the division or the court, that the relative or friend is interested in becoming a placement for the child. (b)(i) "Parent" …

80-3-303. Post-shelter hearing placement of a child in division's temporary custody. (1) If the juvenile court awards temporary custody of a child to the division under Section 80-3-302, or as otherwise permitted by law, the division shall determine ongoing placement of the child…

80-3-304. Second medical opinion in cases of alleged medical neglect. (1) In cases of alleged medical neglect where the division seeks protective custody, temporary custody, or custody of the child based on the report or testimony of a physician, a parent or guardian shall have a…

80-3-305. Criminal background checks necessary before out-of-home placement of a child. (1) Subject to Subsection (3), upon ordering removal of a child from the custody of the child's parent and placing that child in the temporary custody or custody of the division before the div…

80-3-306. Outstanding arrest warrant check before return of custody. (1) Before the division may recommend that a child who is in protective custody, temporary custody, or custody of the division be returned to the custody of a parent or guardian of the child, the division shall …

80-3-307. Child and family plan developed by division -- Parent-time and relative visitation. (1) The division shall develop and finalize a child's child and family plan no more than 45 days after the day on which the child enters the temporary custody of the division. (2)(a) The…

80-3-401. Pretrial and adjudication hearing -- Time deadlines. (1)(a) Upon the filing of an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall set the pretrial hearing on the petition within 15 calendar days after the later of: (i) the day on which the …

80-3-402. Adjudication hearing -- Dispositional hearing time deadlines -- Scheduling of review and permanency hearing. (1) If, at the adjudication hearing, the juvenile court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the allegations contained in the abuse, neglect, or depende…

80-3-403. Treatment for offender and victim -- Costs. (1) Upon adjudication in the juvenile court of an individual charged with child abuse, child sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of a child, the juvenile court may order treatment for the adjudicated offender or the victim. (…

80-3-404. Finding of severe child abuse or neglect -- Order delivered to division -- Court records. (1) If an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition filed with the juvenile court pursuant to Section 80-3-201 informs the juvenile court that the division has made a supported findin…

80-3-405. Dispositions after adjudication. (1) Upon adjudication under Subsection 80-3-402(1), the juvenile court may make the dispositions described in Subsection (2) at the dispositional hearing. (2)(a)(i) The juvenile court may vest custody of an abused, neglected, or dependen…

80-3-406. Permanency plan -- Reunification services. (1) If the juvenile court orders continued removal at the dispositional hearing under Section 80-3-402, and that the minor remain in the custody of the division, the juvenile court shall first: (a) establish a primary permanenc…

80-3-407. Six-month review hearing -- Findings regarding reasonable efforts by division -- Findings regarding child and family plan compliance. (1) If reunification efforts have been ordered by the juvenile court under Section 80-3-406, the juvenile court shall hold a hearing no …

80-3-408. Periodic review hearings -- Dispositional reports. (1) At least every six months, the division or the juvenile court shall conduct a periodic review of the status of each minor in the custody of the division, until the juvenile court terminates the division's custody of…

80-3-409. Permanency hearing -- Final plan -- Petition for termination of parental rights filed -- Hearing on termination of parental rights. (1)(a) If reunification services are ordered under Section 80-3-406, with regard to a minor who is in the custody of the division, the juv…

80-3-501. Placement in a qualified residential treatment program -- Review hearings. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Qualified individual" means the same as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 675a. (b) "Qualified residential treatment program" means the same as that term is…

80-3-502. Review of foster care removal -- Foster parent's standing. (1) With regard to a minor in the custody of the division who is the subject of a petition alleging abuse, neglect, or dependency, and who has been placed in foster care with a foster family, the Legislature fin…

80-3-503. Minor's petition for removal from division custody -- Reentering division custody. (1)(a) A minor who is 18 years old or older, but younger than 21 years old, may petition the juvenile court to express the minor's desire to have the minor be removed from the custody of …

80-3-504. Petition for substantiation -- Court findings -- Expedited hearing -- Records of an appeal. (1) The division or an individual may file a petition for substantiation in accordance with Section 80-2-708 or 80-2-1004. (2) An adjudicative proceeding on a petition for substa…

80-3-505. Petition for special findings for at-risk noncitizen child. (1) As used in this section: (a) "At-risk" means there is reasonable cause to suspect that: (i) a noncitizen child's health, safety, and welfare is, or has been, in jeopardy due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, …