Title 8 - Child Safety
- § 8-101 Definitions
- § 8-102 Who may be adopted
- § 8-102.01 Jurisdiction
- § 8-103 Who may adopt
- § 8-104 Venue
- § 8-105 Preadoption certification; investigation; central adoption registry
- § 8-105.01 Adoption; racial preferences; prohibition; exception
- § 8-105.02 Adoption by foster parents; removal of child
- § 8-105.03 Adoption information from local community organizations
- § 8-106 Consent to adoption; waiver; consent to the release of information; notification to potential fathers
- § 8-106.01 Putative fathers registry; claim of paternity; adoptive interest
- § 8-107 Time and contents of consent
- § 8-108 Petition for child's custody by noncertified party; hearing; exceptions
- § 8-109 Petition to adopt; contents
- § 8-110 Fictitious name for child
- § 8-111 Notice of hearing on petition to adopt; service
- § 8-112 Social studies; requirements
- § 8-113 Removal from home; expedited hearings; probationary period; rights and responsibilities; visitation limitations
- § 8-114 Monies paid to or for parent; court approval; attorney fees; accounting; disallowance; exception
- § 8-115 Hearing; procedure; record; evidence
- § 8-116 Court order; contents; form
- § 8-116.01 Agreements regarding communications
- § 8-117 Rights under adoption order
- § 8-118 Petition withdrawal or denial; custody
- § 8-119 Dismissal after death; exception
- § 8-120 Records; inspection; exception; destruction or transfer of certain records
- § 8-121 Confidentiality of information; exceptions
- § 8-122 Financial hardship; deferral, waiver or reduction of fees
- § 8-123 Irregularities; curative period
- § 8-124 Subsequent adoptions
- § 8-125 Adoption decrees of other states
- § 8-126 Licensure and regulation of agencies
- § 8-127 Services of county attorney; exception
- § 8-128 Violation; classification
- § 8-129 Health and genetic history; compilation; availability; costs
- § 8-130 Consent to licensed agency or division; attorneys; affidavits
- § 8-131 Exemption of division from licensure; compliance with standards
- § 8-132 Adoption agency information confidentiality; permissible disclosure; use; violation; classification; definitions
- § 8-133 Fees for division services
- § 8-134 Confidential intermediary
- § 8-135 Confidential intermediary and fiduciary fund
- § 8-136 Prospective adoptive parent's blindness; certification; grant of adoption; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions
- § 8-141 Definitions; exception
- § 8-142 Adoption subsidy program; funding; claims; limitation
- § 8-142.01 Adoption subsidy program; hospital reimbursement
- § 8-143 Eligibility for subsidies; rate
- § 8-144 Subsidy agreement; duration; amount; periodic review; confidentiality
- § 8-145 Appeals
- § 8-161 Definitions
- § 8-162 Nonrecurring adoption expense program; funding; use of other resources; payment
- § 8-163 Eligibility
- § 8-164 Nonrecurring expenses; limitation
- § 8-165 Records
- § 8-166 Appeals
- § 8-171 Definitions
- § 8-172 Interstate compacts; requirements; optional contents
- § 8-173 Adoption assistance agreements; reciprocity conditions; violation; classification
- § 8-201 Definitions
- § 8-201.01 Prohibitions
- § 8-202 Jurisdiction of juvenile court
- § 8-203 Court employees; appointment; certification; qualifications; salary; bond
- § 8-203.01 Fingerprinting juvenile probation officers; affidavit
- § 8-204 Juvenile court employees; merit system; annual report
- § 8-205 Powers and duties of juvenile court personnel
- § 8-206 Venue
- § 8-207 Order of adjudication; noncriminal; use as evidence
- § 8-208 Juvenile court records; public inspection; exceptions
- § 8-209 Juvenile court facilities; juvenile shelters; treatment services
- § 8-221 Counsel right of juvenile, parent or guardian; waiver; appointment; reimbursement; guardian ad litem
- § 8-222 Subpoenas; issuance
- § 8-231 Juvenile court commissioners; appointment; powers and duties; compensation; qualifications
- § 8-232 County attorney
- § 8-233 Record of proceeding
- § 8-234 Treatment, community restitution, restraining and protective orders
- § 8-235 Appeals
- § 8-236 Cooperation
- § 8-237 Statement or conduct of child; hearsay exception
- § 8-238 Advisory hearing; DNA
- § 8-241 Fees on disposition
- § 8-242 Evaluation and disposition of a child with developmental disabilities
- § 8-243 Liability of parents to bear expense; exception
- § 8-243.01 Deposit of child support assessment monies
- § 8-243.02 Assignment of right to support; priority
- § 8-244 Removal of child from state
- § 8-245 Physical and mental care
- § 8-246 Jurisdiction; length of commitment; placement; assessment; definition
- § 8-247 Contempt powers
- § 8-248 Hearing; service providers; definition
- § 8-249 Restoration of civil rights; persons adjudicated delinquent
- § 8-261 Definitions
- § 8-262 Establishing voluntary programs
- § 8-263 Order for counseling; administration; enforcement
- § 8-264 Participation by county; certification
- § 8-265 County's share of matching funds; appropriation by legislature
- § 8-271 Definitions
- § 8-272 Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definition
- § 8-273 Residential treatment services; definition
- § 8-291 Definitions
- § 8-291.01 Effect of incompetency; request for examination
- § 8-291.02 Expert appointment; costs; immunity
- § 8-291.03 Screening report
- § 8-291.04 Examination; competency to stand trial
- § 8-291.05 Misdemeanor charges; dismissal; notice
- § 8-291.06 Privilege against self-incrimination; sealed reports
- § 8-291.07 Mental health expert reports
- § 8-291.08 Competency hearings; restoration orders
- § 8-291.09 Restoration order; commitment
- § 8-291.10 Reports; hearings
- § 8-291.11 Records
- § 8-301 Commencement of proceedings
- § 8-302 Transfer between juvenile and criminal courts
- § 8-303 Taking into temporary custody; interference; release; separate custody; violation; classification
- § 8-304 Investigation of alleged acts of delinquency, dependency and incorrigibility
- § 8-305 Detention center; jail; separate custody; definitions
- § 8-306 Supervision and inspection of juvenile detention center and shelter care facilities
- § 8-307 Delinquency hearings; required attendance of cited child; referring to youth service bureau; notification of parents
- § 8-308 Required attendance of parent, legal guardian or custodian in court; contempt
- § 8-309 Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor; classification; definitions
- § 8-321 Referrals; diversions; conditions; community based alternative programs
- § 8-322 Juvenile probation services fund; program and contract requirements
- § 8-323 Juvenile hearing officer; appointment; term; compensation; hearings; required attendance; contempt
- § 8-325 Appeal from an order of a juvenile hearing officer; procedures
- § 8-326 County attorney
- § 8-327 Transfer hearing
- § 8-328 Juvenile diversion programs; reporting
- § 8-341 Disposition and commitment; definitions
- § 8-341.01 Residential treatment services; definition
- § 8-342 Commitment of child; medical examination; definition
- § 8-343 Disposition of offenses involving driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs
- § 8-344 Restitution payments
- § 8-345 Restitution lien; definition
- § 8-346 Restitution fund; restitution contracts
- § 8-347 Disposition document or minute order; fingerprints
- § 8-348 Setting aside adjudication; application; release from disabilities; exceptions
- § 8-349 Destruction of juvenile records; electronic research records; definition
- § 8-350 Dangerous offenders; sex offenders; notification to schools; definition
- § 8-350.01 Youth sex offenders; treatment; definition
- § 8-350.02 Civil actions by victim or other persons
- § 8-351 Definition of juvenile intensive probation
- § 8-352 Intensive probation; evaluation; criteria; limit; conditions
- § 8-353 Juvenile intensive probation teams; duties; case load limit
- § 8-354 Modification of supervision
- § 8-355 School; employment; community restitution programs
- § 8-356 Waiver of standards
- § 8-357 Budget requests
- § 8-358 Juvenile intensive probation guidelines; report
- § 8-361 Adoption of interstate compact for juveniles
- § 8-362 Commission assessments
- § 8-363 Juvenile compact administrator, compact commissioner; authority to appoint deputy compact administrator; state council
- § 8-364 Financial arrangements
- § 8-365 Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers
- § 8-371 Educational rehabilitation; definition
- § 8-381 Applicability
- § 8-382 Definitions
- § 8-383 Implementation of rights and duties
- § 8-383.01 Victims' rights; dismissed counts
- § 8-384 Inability to exercise rights; designation of others; notice; representative for a minor or vulnerable adult; definition
- § 8-385 Limited rights of a legal entity
- § 8-385.01 Victims' rights for neighborhood associations
- § 8-386 Information provided to victim by law enforcement agencies
- § 8-386.01 Issuance and execution of arrest warrants
- § 8-387 Notice of terms and conditions of release
- § 8-388 Notice of diversion
- § 8-389 Preliminary notice of rights
- § 8-390 Notice of proceedings
- § 8-391 Notice of adjudication; impact statement
- § 8-392 Notice of postadjudication review and appellate proceedings
- § 8-392.01 Notice of right to request not to receive committed youth mail
- § 8-393 Notice of release or escape
- § 8-394 Notice of delinquent's status
- § 8-395 Notice of postadjudication release; right to be heard; hearing; final decision; free electronic recording
- § 8-396 Notice of probation modification, termination or revocation disposition matters; notice of arrest
- § 8-397 Notice of release, discharge or escape from a mental health treatment agency or residential treatment
- § 8-398 Request for notice; forms; notice system
- § 8-399 Victim conference with prosecuting attorney
- § 8-400 Proceedings; right to be present
- § 8-401 Detention hearing
- § 8-402 Postarrest detention decisions
- § 8-403 Plea negotiation
- § 8-404 Impact statement; predisposition report
- § 8-405 Disposition
- § 8-406 Probation modification, revocation disposition or termination proceedings
- § 8-407 Victim's discretion; form of statement
- § 8-408 Return of victim's property; release of evidence
- § 8-409 Consultation between crime victim advocate and victim; privileged information; exception
- § 8-410 Minimizing victim's contacts
- § 8-411 Motion to revoke release
- § 8-412 Victim's right to refuse an interview; applicability
- § 8-413 Victim's right to privacy; exception; definitions
- § 8-414 Speedy adjudication; continuance; notice
- § 8-415 Effect of failure to comply
- § 8-416 Standing to invoke rights; recovery of damages; right to counsel
- § 8-417 Construction of article
- § 8-418 Implementation fee; definition
- § 8-419 Victim reconciliation services
- § 8-420 Right to leave work; scheduled proceedings; employment rights; nondiscrimination; confidentiality; definition
- § 8-421 Statement of rights
- § 8-422 Use of a facility dog in court proceedings; definition
- § 8-451 Department; purpose
- § 8-452 Director; appointment; qualifications; compensation
- § 8-453 Powers and duties
- § 8-454 Department organization
- § 8-455 Centralized intake hotline; purposes; report of possible crime; DCS report; risk assessment tools; access to information; public awareness; definitions
- § 8-456 Investigative function; training; voice stress analysis; recordings; criminal offenses; definition
- § 8-457 Service coordination function
- § 8-458 Inspections bureau; monitoring and evaluation; quality assurance process
- § 8-459 Community advisory committee; duties; membership
- § 8-460 Acquisition of lands and buildings; lease-purchase agreements; lease or sublease of lands or buildings
- § 8-461 Child safety collections; fund; definition
- § 8-462 Housing assistance
- § 8-463 Department of child safety employees; employees of contractors; fingerprint requirement
- § 8-464 Electronic communication by department
- § 8-465 Auditor general; department audit team; duties
- § 8-466 Child and family advocacy center; requirements for funding; immunity; definition
- § 8-471 Office of child welfare investigations; training; responsibilities; annual report
- § 8-481 Healthy families program; administration; consent; access to records
- § 8-501 Definitions
- § 8-502 Foster parent and child welfare agency information; confidentiality; permissible disclosure; use; violation; classification; definitions
- § 8-503 Powers and duties
- § 8-503.01 Children and family services training program fund; purposes; status report; exemption from lapsing
- § 8-504 Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection
- § 8-505 Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal
- § 8-506 Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing; exception
- § 8-506.01 Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal
- § 8-507 Operation without license
- § 8-508 Receipt of articles of incorporation
- § 8-509 Licensing of foster homes; renewal of license; provisional license; exemption from licensure; immunization requirements
- § 8-509.01 Prospective foster parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions
- § 8-510 Acceptance of children by agency
- § 8-511 Short-term caregiver
- § 8-512 Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines
- § 8-512; Version 2 Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines
- § 8-512.01 Behavioral health services; urgent need; dependent and adopted children; definition
- § 8-513 Participation in activities; contact with relatives; placement with siblings; independent living programs
- § 8-514 Placement in foster homes
- § 8-514.01 Placement of children with developmental disabilities
- § 8-514.02 Placement of child
- § 8-514.03 Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation
- § 8-514.03; Version 2 Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation; report
- § 8-514.04 Kinship care program; requirements
- § 8-514.05 Foster care provider and department access to child health information; consent to treatment
- § 8-514.06 Out-of-home placement; documents; definition
- § 8-514.07 Kinship foster care; relative identification and notification
- § 8-514.08 Educational decisions; parent contact information; inability to locate
- § 8-515 Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders
- § 8-515.01 Local foster care review boards; appointment; exclusions; terms; training; compensation; meetings
- § 8-515.02 Case assignment; distribution of records
- § 8-515.03 Duties of local foster care review boards
- § 8-515.04 State foster care review board; members; personnel; training programs; compensation
- § 8-515.05 Removal of child from foster parent's home; requirements; notification; review
- § 8-516 Supervision of foster homes; reports; review of file; progress report
- § 8-517 Withdrawal from foster home
- § 8-518 Central registry; change of address; marital status
- § 8-519 Records and reports
- § 8-520 Violations; classification
- § 8-521 Independent living program; conditions; eligibility; rules; case management unit; progress reports
- § 8-521.01 Transitional independent living program
- § 8-521.02 Extended foster care program; requirements
- § 8-522 Dependency actions; special advocate; appointment; duties; immunity
- § 8-523 Special advocate program
- § 8-524 Special advocate fund
- § 8-525 Open court proceedings; closure; records
- § 8-526 Child welfare; reporting requirements
- § 8-527 Children in out-of-home care; noninterference with regular school activities
- § 8-528 Newborn infants left with safe haven providers; placement protocol; definitions
- § 8-529 Children in foster care; rights
- § 8-530 Foster parents; rights
- § 8-530.01 Placement of a child returning to foster care; notification
- § 8-530.02 Child welfare; joint annual report
- § 8-531 Definitions
- § 8-531.01 Prohibition
- § 8-532 Jurisdiction; dependency based termination
- § 8-533 Petition; who may file; grounds
- § 8-534 Contents of petition
- § 8-535 Notice of initial hearing; waiver; guardian ad litem
- § 8-536 Social study before disposition; contents
- § 8-537 Termination adjudication hearing
- § 8-538 Court order; form; contents
- § 8-539 Effect of court order
- § 8-540 Court costs
- § 8-541 Records; disclosure; exception
- § 8-542 Confidentiality of information; violation; classification
- § 8-543 Sibling information exchange program; definition
- § 8-544 Termination decrees of other states
- § 8-548 Enactment of compact; terms
- § 8-548.01 Financial responsibility
- § 8-548.02 Interstate compact administrator
- § 8-548.03 Supplementary agreements
- § 8-548.04 Financial arrangements
- § 8-548.05 Visitation, inspection and supervision
- § 8-548.06 Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers
- § 8-550.01 Child abuse prevention fund; purpose; definition
- § 8-801 Definitions
- § 8-802 Child safety worker; fingerprint clearance cards; interview requirements; temporary custody limit; cooperation and coordination; alteration of files; violation; classification
- § 8-803 Limitation of authority; duty to inform
- § 8-804 Central registry; notification; definition
- § 8-804.01 Maintenance of reports; records
- § 8-805 Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communications
- § 8-806 Voluntary placement; conditions; notice of placement; time limit; rules
- § 8-807 DCS information; public record; use; confidentiality; violation; classification; definition
- § 8-807.01 Incidents involving fatality or near fatality; definition
- § 8-808 Parent assistance program
- § 8-809 Parents' rights; information on website; rule changes
- § 8-810 Missing children; notification; entry into databases
- § 8-811 Hearing process; definitions
- § 8-813 Preplacement investigation; medical examination; disposition
- § 8-814 Permanent guardianship subsidy; offsets; annual review; discontinuation; appeals; definition
- § 8-815 Indian child welfare act; inquiry
- § 8-816 Family builders program; services; program termination; definitions
- § 8-817 Initial screening and safety assessment and investigation protocols
- § 8-819 Determination of neglect
- § 8-821 Taking into temporary custody; medical examination; placement; interference; violation; classification; definition
- § 8-822 Removal of child from home; rules and policies; approval; definition
- § 8-823 Notice of taking into temporary custody
- § 8-824 Preliminary protective hearing; probable cause; appointment of counsel
- § 8-825 Court determinations in preliminary protective hearing
- § 8-826 Further hearings and proceedings
- § 8-827 Background checks of adults residing in potential emergency placement homes; disqualifying criminal offenses; definitions
- § 8-829 Judicial determinations; timing; documentation
- § 8-830 Residential drug treatment center; services; program termination; definitions
- § 8-831 Parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions
- § 8-841 Dependency petition; service; preliminary orders; hearing
- § 8-842 Initial dependency and dependency adjudication hearings; deadlines
- § 8-843 Initial dependency hearing; rights
- § 8-844 Dependency adjudication hearing; settlement conference or mediation
- § 8-844.01 Allegation of aggravating circumstance
- § 8-845 Disposition hearing
- § 8-846 Services provided to the child and family
- § 8-847 Periodic review hearings
- § 8-861 Return of child
- § 8-862 Permanency hearing
- § 8-863 Hearing to terminate parental rights; notice; grounds
- § 8-864 Timing of motions and hearings; consolidation of hearings
- § 8-871 Permanent guardianship of a child
- § 8-872 Permanent guardianship; procedure
- § 8-873 Revocation of permanent guardianship
- § 8-873.01 Permanent guardianship dependency proceedings; reunification services
- § 8-874 Appointment of successor permanent guardian
- § 8-882 Program development
- § 8-883 Requirements for contractors
- § 8-884 Evaluation of community programs
- § 8-891 In-home intervention
- § 8-892 Compliance
- § 8-1151 Findings and declarations
- § 8-1152 Definitions
- § 8-1161 Responsibilities of regional partnership councils
- § 8-1162 Composition of regional partnership councils; reimbursement of expenses; immunity
- § 8-1163 Staff support for regional partnership councils
- § 8-1164 Designation of regions
- § 8-1171 Regional and statewide direct and grant program requirements; permitted objectives
- § 8-1172 Program and grant proposal requirements
- § 8-1173 Procedures for the award of regional grants
- § 8-1174 Program and grantee accountability
- § 8-1181 Early childhood development and health fund
- § 8-1182 Acceptance of gifts and grants; acceptance of federal, state and local monies; use
- § 8-1183 Prohibition on supplantation of state funds; additional legislative appropriations
- § 8-1184 Budget and funding process
- § 8-1185 Allocation of funds
- § 8-1186 Annual audit
- § 8-1191 Members; appointment; terms; oath; immunity
- § 8-1192 Powers and duties
- § 8-1193 Public record, open meeting, and conflict of interest laws
- § 8-1194 Meetings; travel expenses
- § 8-1195 Executive director compensation; duties; regional and board staff; central office; expenditure of funds