Article3. Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights.  


§ 12-15-50. Cases initiated by filing of petitions by intake officers.
§ 12-15-51. Informal adjustment of certain cases prior to filing of petition.
§ 12-15-52. Form, contents, and execution of petitions.
§ 12-15-53. Issuance and service of summonses generally; endorsements upon summonses; waiver of service of summonses.
§ 12-15-54. Manner of service of summons.
§ 12-15-55. Authority of court to make interlocutory or final dispositional orders in cases where parties served by publication.
§ 12-15-56. Taking into custody of children generally.
§ 12-15-57. Issuance of order for taking into custody and bringing before court of child upon failure of parents, etc., to bring child before court upon request.
§ 12-15-58. Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility, etc., of children taken into custody generally.
§ 12-15-59. Authority and criteria for continuation of detention or shelter care of children taken into custody.
§ 12-15-60. Filing of petition and conduct of hearing as to necessity for continuation of detention or shelter care.
§ 12-15-61. Definitions; facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally; when delinquent child, etc., may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification of court, etc., when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons charged with crimes; development of statewide system; department to subsidize detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention facility, etc., when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution.
§ 12-15-62. Child to be released when full-time detention or shelter care not required; conditions imposed upon release; amendment of conditions or return of child to custody upon failure to conform to conditions imposed; permanency hearing.
§ 12-15-63. Notification of children, parents, guardians, etc., of right to counsel; appointment of counsel by court.
§ 12-15-64. Suspension of proceedings and continuation of cases under terms and conditions agreed to by parties.
§ 12-15-65. Conduct of hearings and disposition of cases generally; special procedure for possible multiple needs child; reasonable efforts.
§ 12-15-66. Children charged with delinquent acts or alleged to be in need of supervision to be accorded privilege against self-incrimination; admissibility in evidence, etc., of extra judicial statements of children and evidence illegally seized or obtained; double jeopardy.
§ 12-15-68. Granting of continuances in cases.
§ 12-15-69. Ordering and preparation of predisposition study and report concerning child, family, etc.; ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of physical or mental examination of child prior to hearing on petition generally; examination of parent or custodian after hearing where ability to care for or supervise child in issue.
§ 12-15-70. Ordering, conduct and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations of children; proceedings as to minors or children believed to be mentally ill or retarded generally; ordering of treatment or care for children found in need of medical treatment, dental care, etc., and payment therefor; granting by court of authority to order emergency medical care for children.
§ 12-15-71. Disposition of dependent children, delinquent children, multiple needs children, or children in need of supervision generally; evaluative role of children's services facilitation team; placement in alternative school.
§ 12-15-71.1. Serious juvenile offenders; disposition; serious juvenile offender review panel; facility and programs.
§ 12-15-72. Orders of disposition, etc., not to be deemed convictions, impose civil disabilities, etc.; disposition of child and evidence in hearing not admissible in another court.
§ 12-15-73. Issuance of orders restraining conduct of parties to proceedings.
§ 12-15-74. Modification, extension or revocation of orders of custody, probation or protective supervision generally.
§ 12-15-75. Proceedings against children violating terms of probation, aftercare or protective supervision; disposition of such children.
§ 12-15-76. Procedure and dispositions in cases involving minors or adults.
§ 12-15-301. Definitions.
§ 12-15-302. Venue generally.
§ 12-15-303. Transfer of dependency proceedings between juvenile courts within the state.
§ 12-15-304. Appointment by juvenile courts of guardians ad litem.
§ 12-15-305. Right to counsel for petitioners or respondent parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians in dependency proceedings.
§ 12-15-306. Removing a child from the custody of a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian.
§ 12-15-307. Notice and right to be heard to be given to relatives, preadoptive parents, or foster parents.
§ 12-15-308. Filing of petition and conduct of 72-hour hearing as to necessity for continuation of shelter care of a child.
§ 12-15-309. Alleged dependent child to be released when continued shelter care not required; conditions imposed upon release; amendment of conditions or return of child to custody upon failure to conform to conditions imposed.
§ 12-15-310. Conduct of adjudicatory hearings.
§ 12-15-311. Dispositional hearing.
§ 12-15-312. Reasonable efforts in judicial determinations; situations in which reasonable efforts are not required to be made.
§ 12-15-313. Ordering and preparation of report concerning a child and family; ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of physical or mental examination of child prior to hearing on petition generally; examination of parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian after hearing where ability to care for or supervise child at issue.
§ 12-15-314. Dispositions for dependent children.
§ 12-15-315. Permanency hearing for Department of Human Resources cases only.
§ 12-15-316. Modification, extension, or termination of orders of custody or protective supervision generally.
§ 12-15-317. Who may file petition.
§ 12-15-318. Service of process.
§ 12-15-319. Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption arising from abandonment.
§ 12-15-320. Dispositions.
§ 12-15-321. Periodic review of efforts to achieve adoption of child in custody of another after parental rights terminated.
§ 12-15-322. Authority of one in custody to place child for adoption or consent to adoption.
§ 12-15-323. Appeals of dependency and termination of parental rights cases.
§ 12-15-324. Applicability.