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Chapter 32A - Children's Code
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Article 4 - Child Abuse and Neglect
Article 4 - Child Abuse and Neglect
Section 32A-4-1 - Short title.
Section 32A-4-2 - Definitions.
Section 32A-4-3 - Duty to report child abuse and child neglect; responsibility to investigate child abuse or neglect; penalty; notification of plan of care.
Section 32A-4-4 - Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry.
Section 32A-4-4 - Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry. (Effective July 1, 2020.)
Section 32A-4-4.1 - Multilevel response system. (Effective July 1, 2020.)
Section 32A-4-5 - Admissibility of report in evidence; immunity of reporting person; investigation of report.
Section 32A-4-6 - Taking into custody; penalty.
Section 32A-4-7 - Release or delivery from custody.
Section 32A-4-8 - Place of temporary custody.
Section 32A-4-9 - Indian child placement; preferences.
Section 32A-4-10 - Basic rights.
Section 32A-4-11 - Use immunity.
Section 32A-4-12 - Protective orders.
Section 32A-4-13 - Contempt power.
Section 32A-4-14 - Change in placement.
Section 32A-4-15 - Petition; authorization to file.
Section 32A-4-16 - Ex-parte custody orders.
Section 32A-4-17 - Summons; content.
Section 32A-4-17.1 - Notice to grandparents and relatives.
Section 32A-4-18 - Custody hearings; time limitations; notice; probable cause.
Section 32A-4-18 - Custody hearings; time limitations; notice; probable cause. (Effective July 1, 2020.)
Section 32A-4-19 - Adjudicatory hearings; time limitations.
Section 32A-4-20 - Conduct of hearings; findings; dismissal; dispositional matters; penalty.
Section 32A-4-21 - Neglect or abuse predisposition studies, reports and examinations.
Section 32A-4-22 - Disposition of adjudicated abused or neglected child.
Section 32A-4-23 - Disposition of a child with a mental disorder or a developmental disability in a proceeding under the Abuse and Neglect Act.
Section 32A-4-23.1 - Disposition of an undocumented immigrant child in a proceeding under the Abuse and Neglect Act.
Section 32A-4-24 - Limitations on dispositional judgments; modification, termination or extension of court orders.
Section 32A-4-25 - Periodic judicial review of dispositional judgments.
Section 32A-4-25.1 - Permanency hearings; permanency review hearings.
Section 32A-4-25.2 - Transition services.
Section 32A-4-25.3 - Discharge hearing.
Section 32A-4-26 - Parental responsibility.
Section 32A-4-27 - Intervention; persons permitted to intervene.
Section 32A-4-28 - Termination of parental rights; adoption decree.
Section 32A-4-29 - Termination procedure.
Section 32A-4-30 - Attorney fees.
Section 32A-4-31 - Permanent guardianship of a child.
Section 32A-4-32 - Permanent guardianship; procedure.
Section 32A-4-33 - Confidentiality; records; penalty.
Section 32A-4-33.1 - Records release when a child dies.
Section 32A-4-34 - Duties of employees.
Section 32A-4-35 - Appointment or change of educational decision maker.