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Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-702(D)(18) In criminal law: An act of domestic violence, as defined in § 13-3601(A), that was committed in the presence of a child will be considered an aggravating circumstance.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-702(D)(18) An act of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child is considered an aggravating circumstance when determining a sentence and may result in a longer period of incarceration.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201 ‘Abuse’ means:
‘Serious physical injury’ means an injury that is diagnosed by a medical doctor and that does any one or a combination of the following:
Causes seriousimpairment of health
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201 ‘Neglect’ or ‘neglected’ means:
The inability or unwillingness of a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child to provide that child with supervision, food, clothing, shelter, or medical care, if that inability or unwillingness causes unreasonable risk of harm to the child’s health or welfare
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201 The term ‘abuse’ includes:
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201 The term ‘abuse’ includes inflicting or allowing another person to cause serious emotional damage to a child, as evidenced by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or untoward aggressive behavior, and such emotional damage is diagnosed by a medical doctor or psychologist, and the damage has been caused by the acts or omissions of an individual having care, custody, and control of a child.
‘Serious emotional injury’ means an injury that is diagnosed by a medical doctor or a psychologist and that does any one or a combination of the following:
‘Abandoned’ means:
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201 Responsible persons include:
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201 A dependent child does not include a child who, in good faith, is being furnished Christian Science treatment by a duly accredited practitioner.
A child is not considered neglected if a parent’s inability to meet the needs of the child is due solely to the unavailability of reasonable services.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 36-3001 ‘Domestic violence’ means attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a family or household member or placing a family or household member by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-801; 13-705 In civil law: In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, ‘criminal conduct allegation’ means an allegation of conduct by a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child that, if true, would constitute any of the following:
In criminal law: ‘Dangerous crime against children’ means any of the following that is committed against a minor who is under age 15:
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3601 ‘Domestic violence’ means any act that constitutes one of the following offenses:
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 13-3601; 36-3001 In criminal law: An act listed above is considered domestic violence if any of the following applies:
The victim is related to the defendant or the defendant’s spouse by blood or court order as a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister, or by marriage as a parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, stepparent, stepgrandparent, stepchild, stepgrandchild, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law.
In civil law: ‘Family or household member’ means a spouse, a former spouse, a parent, a child, or other adult person related by consanguinity or affinity who is residing or has resided in the household, or has a child or children in common with the person committing the domestic violence, and dependents of such persons.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3620 Any mandated reporter who reasonably believes that a minor is the victim of abuse or neglect shall report immediately to a peace officer or child protective services (CPS) in the Department of Economic Security. The report may be made by telephone or in person and must be followed by a written report within 72 hours.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3620 The reports shall contain:
The names and addresses of the minor and the minor’s parents or the person having custody
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3620 A health-care professional who, after a routine newborn physical assessment, believes that a newborn infant may be affected by the presence of alcohol or drugs shall immediately make a report to CPS.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3620(H); Admin. Code § R6-5-5502 When reports are received by a peace officer, the officer shall immediately notify CPS. When CPS receives a report, it shall immediately notify a peace officer in the appropriate jurisdiction.
Citation: Admin. Code §§ R6-5-5502; 5504; 5506 When the hotline receives a call, staff shall determine the type of alleged maltreatment, whether to classify the call as a report for investigation, and check the central registry for prior reports on the same persons.
Citation: Admin. Code § R6-5-5505 To comply with the priority response time, entities other than CPS, such as law enforcement or emergency personnel, may initially respond to a report.
Citation: Admin. Code §§ R6-5-5507; 5508 An alternative investigation consists of contact with a mandatory reporter who is currently involved with the family. The information will determine if the child and other children residing in the home are current victims of maltreatment or at risk of imminent harm. If results indicate that an alleged victim is at risk of harm, the case shall be immediately assigned for field investigation.
A CPS specialist shall interview the alleged victim; the alleged victim’s caregiver who allegedly committed the abuse; other adults and children residing in the home; and other persons who may have relevant information, including the reporting source, medical personnel, relatives, neighbors, and school personnel. The CPS specialist also shall review available documentation including medical and psychiatric reports, police reports, school records, and prior CPS files or consult with law enforcement.
A CPS specialist may interview a child without prior parental consent under § 8-802(C)(2). A CPS specialist may exclude the alleged abuser from participating in an interview with the alleged victim, the alleged victim’s siblings, or other children residing in the alleged victim’s household.
Citation: Admin. Code § 56-5-5505 Priority codes and initial response times are:
Citation: Admin. Code. § R6-5-5510 After completing an investigation and considering the information listed in R6-5-5509, a CPS specialist shall unsubstantiate the allegations or make a proposed finding that the allegation is substantiated based on whether the CPS specialist finds probable cause to believe maltreatment occurred.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3623(C) For the purposes of subsections A and B of this section, the terms ‘endangered’ and ‘abuse’ include, but are not limited to, circumstances in which a child or vulnerable adult is permitted to enter or remain in any structure or vehicle in which volatile, toxic, or flammable chemicals are found or equipment is possessed by any person for the purpose of manufacturing a dangerous drug in violation of § 13-3407(A)(3) or (4).
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-201(2), (24) The term ‘abuse’ includes physical injury that results from permitting a child to enter or remain in any structure or vehicle in which volatile, toxic, or flammable chemicals are found or equipment is possessed by any person for the purpose of manufacturing a dangerous drug as defined in § 13-3401.
A determination by a health professional that a newborn infant was exposed prenatally to a drug or substance listed in § 13-3401, and that this exposure was not the result of a medical treatment administered to the mother or the newborn infant by a health professional. This subdivision does not expand a health professional’s duty to report neglect based on prenatal exposure to a drug or substance listed in § 13-3401 beyond the requirements prescribed pursuant to § 13-3620(E). The determination by the health professional shall be based on one or more of the following:
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 13-3620(E) A health-care professional who, after a routine newborn physical assessment of a newborn infant’s health status or following notification of positive toxicology screens of a newborn infant, reasonably believes that the newborn infant may be affected by the presence of alcohol or a drug listed in § 13-3401 shall immediately report this information, or cause a report to be made, to the Department of Child Safety. For the purposes of this subsection, ‘newborn infant’ means a newborn infant who is under 30 days of age.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-221 In all juvenile court proceedings in which the dependency petition includes an allegation that the juvenile is abused or neglected, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem (GAL) to protect the juvenile’s best interests. This guardian may be an attorney or a court-appointed special advocate (CASA).
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-523; 8-524 The CASA program is established in the Administrative Office of the Supreme Court. The program shall establish local special advocate programs in each county.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-221 The GAL or attorney for a juvenile shall meet with the juvenile before the preliminary protective hearing, if possible, or within 14 days after the preliminary protective hearing. The GAL or attorney for the juvenile also shall meet with the juvenile before all substantive hearings. Upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances, the judge may modify this requirement for any substantive hearing.
Citation: Children’s Services Manual, Ch. 2, § 9 Every child and family receiving ongoing services from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families shall have an individualized family-centered case plan, consistent with the requirements of Federal and State law. The department shall conduct a case plan staffing within 60 days of case opening for all cases open for more than 60 days or within 10 working days of a child’s placement into voluntary foster care.
Citation: Children’s Services Manual, Ch. 2 § 9 The department shall encourage the participation of parents, children, out-of-home care providers, and when appropriate, extended family members in the case planning process.
Children’s Services Manual, Ch. 2, §§ 9; 9.1 The family-centered case plan shall be a discrete document that includes the following components:
The child’s safety plan, specifying ongoing actions that will be taken to ensure the child’s continued safety at home and demonstrating that the child’s health and safety are of paramount concern
The child’s educational status
Services provided to the caregiver to help meet the child’s needs
For any child placed substantially distant from the parent’s home or out-of-State, the reason the placement is in the best interests of the child
The health-care plan, specifying for each child the most recent information available regarding the child’s health status
The contact and visitation plan, specifying for every child in out-of-home care the plan for frequent and consistent visitation between the child and the child’s parents, siblings, family members, other relatives, friends, and any former (family) resource family, especially those with whom the child has developed a strong attachment
Permanency goal options include reunification, adoption, legal guardianship, and another planned living arrangement. A concurrent permanency plan is included for children who have been assessed as unlikely to reunite with their parent within 12 months of the child’s initial removal.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-847; 8-862 After the disposition hearing, the court shall hold periodic review hearings at least once every 6 months as required by Federal law.
Within 6 months after a child who is under age 3 is removed from the child’s home
In all other cases, within 12 months after the child is removed from the child’s home
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-847 The following persons shall be provided notice of the review and the right to participate in the proceeding:
The agency charged with the child’s care and custody
The child’s parent or guardian, unless the parental rights of that parent or guardian have been terminated
The child’s relative, if the relative files a written notice of right of participation with the court
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-845; 8-862 In reviewing the status of the child, the court shall consider the health and safety of the child as a paramount concern and the following criteria:
The efforts that have been made or should be made to place the child with the child’s siblings or to provide frequent visitation or contact when placement with siblings has not been possible
The court shall review the permanent plan that has been established for the child. In reviewing the status of the child, the court, insofar as possible, shall seek to reunite the family. If the court does not order reunification of the family, the court shall order a plan of adoption or another permanent plan that is in the child’s best interests and that takes into consideration the placement of the child with siblings or that provides for frequent visitation or contact among siblings, unless the court determines that either the placement with the siblings or the visitation or contact would be contrary to the child’s or a sibling’s safety or well-being.
What efforts have been made in the permanency plan to place the child with the child’s siblings or to provide frequent visitation or contact, unless the court had already determined that placement with all or any siblings or visitation or contact is not possible or would be contrary to the child’s or a sibling’s safety or well-being
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-845; 8-862 The court may order any of the following:
Return to the child’s parent
Placement with a grandparent or other member of the child’s extended family, including a person who has a significant relationship with the child, unless the court determines that such placement is not in the child’s best interests
A grandparent or another member of the child’s extended family including a person who has a significant relationship with the child
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-845(B) In reviewing the status of the child and in determining its order of disposition, the court shall consider the health and safety of the child as a paramount concern.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-847(D) At any periodic review hearing, the court shall consider the health and safety of the child as a paramount concern.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-533 Grounds to terminate the parent-child relationship shall include any of the following, with due consideration for the best interests of the child:
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-501 The term ‘relative’ means a grandparent, great-grandparent, brother or sister of whole or half blood, aunt, uncle, or first cousin.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-871 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:
If the child is in the custody of the Department of Child Safety or agency, the department or agency has made reasonable efforts to reunite the parent and child and further efforts would be unproductive. The court may waive this requirement if it finds that reunification efforts are not required by law or if reunification of the parent and child is not in the child’s best interests because the parent is unwilling or unable to properly care for the child.
The likelihood that the child would be adopted is remote, or termination of parental rights would not be in the child’s best interests.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-871; 14-5209(A), (C) Unless otherwise set forth in the final order of permanent guardianship, a permanent guardian is vested with all of the rights and responsibilities set forth in § 14-5209 relating to the powers and duties of a guardian of a minor, other than those rights and responsibilities of the birth or adoptive parent, if any, that are set forth in the decree of permanent guardianship.
A guardian of a minor has the powers and responsibilities of a custodial parent regarding the ward’s support, care, and education. A guardian is not personally liable for the ward’s expenses and is not liable to third persons by reason of the relationship for acts of the ward.
Take custody of the ward and establish the ward’s place of residence in or outside this State, if consistent with the terms of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction relating to the detention or commitment of the ward
Facilitate the ward’s education, social, or other activities, and consent to medical or other professional care, treatment, or advice for the ward
If reasonable, delegate to the ward certain responsibilities for decisions affecting the ward’s well-being
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-871; 8-872; Pol. & Proc. Man. Ch. 5, § 29 The court may consider any adult, including a relative or foster parent, as a permanent guardian. The court shall appoint a person nominated by the child if the child is at least age 12, unless the court finds that the appointment would not be in the child’s best interests. The court shall consider the child’s objection to the appointment of the person nominated as permanent guardian. In proceedings for permanent guardianship, the court shall give primary consideration to the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the child.
In policy: The department shall consider recommending a permanency plan of guardianship when the prospective permanent guardian has made a commitment to provide care and support to the child, and guardianship is in the child’s best interests.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-872 Any party to a dependency proceeding may file a motion for permanent guardianship. The person who files the motion shall serve notice of the hearing and a copy of the motion on all parties, including any person who has filed a petition to adopt or who has physical custody pursuant to a court order in a foster-adoptive placement. The person who files the motion shall provide a copy of the notice of hearing to the following persons:
The child’s current physical custodian
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-872 A court order vesting permanent guardianship with an individual divests the birth or adoptive parent of legal custody of or guardianship for the child but does not terminate the parent’s rights. A court order for permanent guardianship does not affect the child’s inheritance rights from and through the child’s birth or adoptive parents.
On finding that grounds exist for a permanent guardianship, the court may incorporate into the final order provisions for visitation with the natural parents, siblings, or other relatives of the child if this order would be in the child’s best interests. The order also may include any other provision that is necessary to rehabilitate the child or to provide for the child’s continuing safety and well-being. The court may order a parent to contribute to the support of the child to the extent it finds the parent is able.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-873; 14-5209 The child, a parent 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:
The child’s permanent guardian is unable to properly care for the child.
The court may revoke the order granting permanent guardianship if the party petitioning for revocation proves a change of circumstances by clear and convincing evidence and the revocation is in the child’s best interests.
In the interest of developing self-reliance on the part of a ward or for other good cause, the court, at the time of appointment or later, on its own motion or on appropriate petition or motion of the minor or other interested person, may create a limited guardianship by limiting the powers of a guardian otherwise conferred by this section. Any limitation on the statutory power of a guardian of a minor must be endorsed on the guardian’s letters.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-814; Pol. & Proc. Man. Ch. 5, § 31 The department may provide a subsidy to guardian on behalf of a child subject to the requirements of this section. A guardian is not eligible for a subsidy until he or she demonstrates that the child or a responsible person on behalf of the child has applied for all benefits to which the child is entitled from other State or Federal programs.
The child reaches age 18, except that the department may continue the subsidy until the child’s 22nd birthday if the child is enrolled in and regularly attending school and has not received a high school diploma or certificate of equivalency.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-501; 8-514.02; 8-514.03 The Department of Economic Security may place a child with a parent or relative. The term ‘relative’ means a grandparent, great-grandparent, brother or sister of whole-blood or half-blood, aunt, uncle, or first cousin.
The department shall establish kinship foster care services for a child who has been removed from the child’s home and is in the custody of the department. The program shall promote the placement of the child with the child’s relative for kinship foster care.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-514.03 A kinship foster care parent applicant who is not a licensed foster care parent shall be at least age 18. The applicant and each member of the applicant’s household who is at least age 18 shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the department for the purpose of obtaining a State and Federal criminal records check pursuant to § 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The Department of Public Safety may exchange this fingerprint data with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Department of Economic Security shall determine if the applicant is able to meet the child’s health and safety needs by conducting one or more home visits and interviewing the applicant.
The department may interview other household members, review the applicant’s personal and professional references, and conduct Child Protective Services central registry checks.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-513(D) If a child has been removed from the child’s home and placed in out-of-home placement, guardianship, or adoptive placement, the department shall make reasonable efforts to place that child with the child’s siblings or, if that is not possible, to maintain frequent visits or other ongoing contact between the child and the child’s siblings, unless a court determines that either the placement or the visits or contact would be contrary to the child’s or a sibling’s safety or well-being.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-105; 8-108 A relative who may adopt the child includes an uncle, aunt, adult sibling, grandparent, or great-grandparent of the child by whole-blood or half-blood or by marriage.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-105; 8-108 Before any prospective adoptive parent may petition to adopt a child the person shall be certified by the court as acceptable to adopt children. A certificate shall be issued only after an investigation conducted by an officer of the court, by an agency, or by the division. This section does not apply if the prospective adoptive parent is the spouse of the birth or legal parent of the child to be adopted or is an uncle, aunt, adult sibling, grandparent, or great-grandparent of the child by whole-blood or half-blood or by marriage or adoption.
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 8-801; 8-891 ‘In-home intervention’ means a program of services provided pursuant to § 8-891 while the child is still in the custody of the parent, guardian, or custodian.
The term ‘protective services’ is defined as a specialized child welfare program that is administered by the department to investigate allegations and seek to prevent, intervene in, and treat abuse and neglect to promote the well-being of the child in a permanent home and to coordinate services to strengthen the family.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-846 If the child has been removed from the home, the court shall order the Department of Child Safety to make reasonable efforts to provide services to the child and the child’s family.
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 8-846 Reunification services are not required when one or more of the following aggravating circumstances exist:
The parent’s rights to another child have been terminated, the parent has not successfully addressed the issues that led to the termination, and the parent is unable to fulfill parental responsibilities.
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