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Definitions

Who may be adopted

Section
8-102.01

Jurisdiction

Who may adopt

Venue

Preadoption certification; investigation; central adoption registry

Section
8-105.01

Adoption; racial preferences; prohibition; exception

Section
8-105.02

Adoption by foster parents; removal of child

Section
8-105.03

Adoption information from local community organizations

Consent to adoption; waiver; consent to the release of information; notification to potential fathers

Section
8-106.01

Putative fathers registry; claim of paternity; adoptive interest

Time and contents of consent

Petition for child's custody by noncertified party; hearing; exceptions

Petition to adopt; contents

Fictitious name for child

Notice of hearing on petition to adopt; service

Social studies; requirements

Removal from home; expedited hearings; probationary period; rights and responsibilities; visitation limitations

Monies paid to or for parent; court approval; attorney fees; accounting; disallowance; exception

Hearing; procedure; record; evidence

Court order; contents; form

Section
8-116.01

Agreements regarding communications

Rights under adoption order

Petition withdrawal or denial; custody

Dismissal after death; exception

Records; inspection; exception; destruction or transfer of certain records

Confidentiality of information; exceptions

Financial hardship; deferral, waiver or reduction of fees

Irregularities; curative period

Subsequent adoptions

Adoption decrees of other states

Licensure and regulation of agencies

Services of county attorney; exception

Violation; classification

Health and genetic history; compilation; availability; costs

Consent to licensed agency or division; attorneys; affidavits

Exemption of division from licensure; compliance with standards

Adoption agency information confidentiality; permissible disclosure; use; violation; classification; definitions

Fees for division services

Confidential intermediary

Confidential intermediary and fiduciary fund

Prospective adoptive parent's blindness; certification; grant of adoption; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions

Definitions; exception

Adoption subsidy program; funding; claims; limitation

Section
8-142.01

Adoption subsidy program; hospital reimbursement

Eligibility for subsidies; rate

Subsidy agreement; duration; amount; periodic review; confidentiality

Appeals

Definitions

Nonrecurring adoption expense program; funding; use of other resources; payment

Eligibility

Nonrecurring expenses; limitation

Records

Appeals

Definitions

Interstate compacts; requirements; optional contents

Adoption assistance agreements; reciprocity conditions; violation; classification

Definitions

Section
8-201.01

Prohibitions

Jurisdiction of juvenile court

Version 2 - Jurisdiction of juvenile court

Court employees; appointment; certification; qualifications; salary; bond

Section
8-203.01

Fingerprinting juvenile probation officers; affidavit

Juvenile court employees; merit system; annual report

Powers and duties of juvenile court personnel

Venue

Order of adjudication; noncriminal; use as evidence

Juvenile court records; public inspection; exceptions

Juvenile court facilities; juvenile shelters; treatment services

Counsel right of juvenile, parent or guardian; appointment; reimbursement; guardian ad litem

Subpoenas; issuance

Juvenile court commissioners; appointment; powers and duties; compensation; qualifications

County attorney

Record of proceeding

Treatment, community restitution, restraining and protective orders

Appeals

Cooperation

Statement or conduct of child; hearsay exception

Advisory hearing; DNA

Fees on disposition

Evaluation and disposition of a child with developmental disabilities

Liability of parents to bear expense; exception

Section
8-243.01

Deposit of child support assessment monies

Section
8-243.02

Assignment of right to support; priority

Removal of child from state

Physical and mental care

Jurisdiction; length of commitment; placement; assessment; definition

Contempt powers

Hearing; service providers; definition

Restoration of civil rights; persons adjudicated delinquent

Definitions

Establishing voluntary programs

Order for counseling; administration; enforcement

Participation by county; certification

County's share of matching funds; appropriation by legislature

Definitions

Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definition

Residential treatment services; definition

Definitions

Section
8-291.01

Effect of incompetency; request for examination

Section
8-291.02

Expert appointment; costs; immunity

Section
8-291.03

Screening report

Section
8-291.04

Examination; competency to stand trial

Section
8-291.05

Misdemeanor charges; dismissal; notice

Section
8-291.06

Privilege against self-incrimination; sealed reports

Section
8-291.07

Mental health expert reports

Section
8-291.08

Competency hearings; restoration orders

Section
8-291.09

Restoration order; commitment

Section
8-291.10

Reports; hearings

Section
8-291.11

Records

Commencement of proceedings

Transfer between juvenile and criminal courts

Taking into temporary custody; interference; release; separate custody; violation; classification

Investigation of alleged acts of delinquency, dependency and incorrigibility

Detention center; jail; separate custody; definitions

Supervision and inspection of juvenile detention center and shelter care facilities

Delinquency hearings; required attendance of cited child; referring to youth service bureau; notification of parents

Required attendance of parent, legal guardian or custodian in court; contempt

Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor; classification; definitions

Referrals; diversions; conditions; community based alternative programs

Juvenile probation services fund; program and contract requirements

Juvenile hearing officer; appointment; term; compensation; hearings; required attendance; contempt

Appeal from an order of a juvenile hearing officer; procedures

County attorney

Transfer hearing

Juvenile diversion programs; reporting

Disposition and commitment; definitions

Section
8-341.01

Residential treatment services; definition

Commitment of child; medical examination; definition

Disposition of offenses involving driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs

Restitution payments

Restitution lien; definition

Restitution fund; restitution contracts

Disposition document or minute order; fingerprints

Setting aside adjudication; application; release from disabilities; exceptions

Destruction of juvenile records; electronic research records; definition

Dangerous offenders; sex offenders; notification to schools; definition

Section
8-350.01

Youth sex offenders; treatment; definition

Section
8-350.02

Civil actions by victim or other persons

Definition of juvenile intensive probation

Intensive probation; evaluation; criteria; limit; conditions

Juvenile intensive probation teams; duties; case load limit

Modification of supervision

School; employment; community restitution programs

Waiver of standards

Budget requests

Juvenile intensive probation guidelines; report

Adoption of interstate compact for juveniles

Commission assessments

Juvenile compact administrator, compact commissioner; authority to appoint deputy compact administrator; state council

Financial arrangements

Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers

Educational rehabilitation; definition

Applicability

Definitions

Implementation of rights and duties

Section
8-383.01

Victims' rights; dismissed counts

Inability to exercise rights; designation of others; notice; representative for a minor or vulnerable adult; definition

Limited rights of a legal entity

Section
8-385.01

Victims' rights for neighborhood associations

Information provided to victim by law enforcement agencies

Section
8-386.01

Issuance and execution of arrest warrants

Notice of terms and conditions of release

Notice of diversion

Preliminary notice of rights

Notice of proceedings

Notice of adjudication; impact statement

Notice of postadjudication review and appellate proceedings

Section
8-392.01

Notice of right to request not to receive committed youth mail

Notice of release or escape

Notice of delinquent's status

Notice of postadjudication release; right to be heard; hearing; final decision; free electronic recording

Notice of probation modification, termination or revocation disposition matters; notice of arrest

Notice of release, discharge or escape from a mental health treatment agency or residential treatment

Request for notice; forms; notice system

Victim conference with prosecuting attorney

Proceedings; right to be present

Detention hearing

Postarrest detention decisions

Plea negotiation

Impact statement; predisposition report

Disposition

Probation modification, revocation disposition or termination proceedings

Victim's discretion; form of statement

Return of victim's property; release of evidence

Consultation between crime victim advocate and victim; privileged information; exception

Minimizing victim's contacts

Motion to revoke release

Victim's right to refuse an interview; applicability

Victim's right to privacy; exception; definitions

Speedy adjudication; continuance; notice

Effect of failure to comply

Standing to invoke rights; recovery of damages; right to counsel

Construction of article

Implementation fee; definition

Victim reconciliation services

Right to leave work; scheduled proceedings; employment rights; nondiscrimination; confidentiality; definition

Statement of rights

Use of a facility dog in court proceedings; definition

Department; purpose

Director; appointment; qualifications; compensation

Powers and duties

Department organization

Centralized intake hotline; purposes; report of possible crime; DCS report; risk assessment tools; access to information; public awareness; definitions

Investigative function; training; voice stress analysis; recordings; criminal offenses; definition

Service coordination function

Inspections bureau; monitoring and evaluation; quality assurance process

Community advisory committee; duties; membership

Acquisition of lands and buildings; lease-purchase agreements; lease or sublease of lands or buildings

Child safety collections; fund; definition

Housing assistance

Department of child safety employees; employees of contractors; fingerprint requirement

Electronic communication by department

Auditor general; department audit team; duties

Child and family advocacy center; requirements for funding; immunity; definition

Child welfare licensing fees; fund; uses; trust; definition

Office of child welfare investigations; training; responsibilities; annual report

Healthy families program; administration; consent; access to records

Definitions

Foster parent and child welfare agency information; confidentiality; permissible disclosure; use; violation; classification; definitions

Powers and duties

Section
8-503.01

Children and family services training program fund; purposes; status report; exemption from lapsing

Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection

Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal

Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing; exception

Section
8-506.01

Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal

Operation without license

Receipt of articles of incorporation

Licensing of foster homes; renewal of license; provisional license; exemption from licensure; immunization requirements

Section
8-509.01

Prospective foster parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions

Acceptance of children by agency

Short-term caregiver

Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines

Section
8-512.01

Behavioral health services; urgent need; dependent and adopted children; definition

Section
8-512.02

Comprehensive health plan expenditure authority fund; reversion

Participation in activities; contact with relatives; placement with siblings; independent living programs

Placement in foster homes

Section
8-514.01

Placement of children with developmental disabilities

Section
8-514.02

Placement of child

Section
8-514.03

Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation

Section
8-514.03

Version 2 - Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation; report

Section
8-514.04

Kinship care program; requirements

Section
8-514.05

Foster care provider and department access to child health information; consent to treatment

Section
8-514.06

Out-of-home placement; documents; definition

Section
8-514.07

Kinship foster care; relative identification and notification

Section
8-514.08

Educational decisions; parent contact information; inability to locate

Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders

Section
8-515.01

Local foster care review boards; appointment; exclusions; terms; training; compensation; meetings

Section
8-515.02

Case assignment; distribution of records

Section
8-515.03

Duties of local foster care review boards

Section
8-515.04

State foster care review board; members; personnel; training programs; compensation

Section
8-515.05

Removal of child from foster parent's home; requirements; notification; review

Supervision of foster homes; reports; review of file; progress report

Withdrawal from foster home

Central registry; change of address; marital status

Records and reports

Violations; classification

Independent living program; conditions; eligibility; rules; case management unit; progress reports

Section
8-521.01

Transitional independent living program

Section
8-521.02

Extended foster care program; requirements

Dependency actions; special advocate; appointment; duties; immunity

Special advocate program

Special advocate fund

Open court proceedings; closure; records

Child welfare; reporting requirements

Section
8-526.01

Missing children; reporting requirements; definitions

Children in out-of-home care; noninterference with regular school activities

Newborn infants left with safe haven providers; placement protocol; definitions

Children in foster care; rights

Foster parents; rights

Section
8-530.01

Placement of a child returning to foster care; notification

Section
8-530.02

Child welfare; joint annual report

Definitions

Section
8-531.01

Prohibition

Jurisdiction; dependency based termination

Petition; who may file; grounds

Contents of petition

Notice of initial hearing; waiver; guardian ad litem

Social study before disposition; contents

Termination adjudication hearing

Court order; form; contents

Effect of court order

Court costs

Records; disclosure; exception

Confidentiality of information; violation; classification

Sibling information exchange program; definition

Termination decrees of other states

Enactment of compact; terms

Section
8-548.01

Financial responsibility

Section
8-548.02

Interstate compact administrator

Section
8-548.03

Supplementary agreements

Section
8-548.04

Financial arrangements

Section
8-548.05

Visitation, inspection and supervision

Section
8-548.06

Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers

Section
8-550.01

Child abuse prevention fund; purpose; definition

Definitions

Child safety worker; fingerprint clearance cards; interview requirements; temporary custody limit; cooperation and coordination; alteration of files; violation; classification

Limitation of authority; duty to inform

Central registry; notification; definition

Section
8-804.01

Maintenance of reports; records

Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communications

Voluntary placement; conditions; notice of placement; time limit; rules

DCS information; public record; use; confidentiality; violation; classification; definition

Section
8-807.01

Incidents involving fatality or near fatality; definition

Parent assistance program

Parents' rights; information on website; rule changes

Missing children; notification; entry into databases

Hearing process; definitions

Child welfare agency; nonoperating identification license; photograph

Preplacement investigation; medical examination; disposition

Permanent guardianship subsidy; offsets; annual review; discontinuation; appeals; definition

Indian child welfare act; inquiry

Family builders program; services; definitions

Initial screening and safety assessment and investigation protocols

Determination of neglect

Taking into temporary custody; medical examination; placement; interference; violation; classification; definition

Removal of child from home; rules and policies; approval; definition

Notice of taking into temporary custody

Preliminary protective hearing; probable cause; appointment of counsel

Court determinations in preliminary protective hearing

Further hearings and proceedings

Background checks of adults residing in potential emergency placement homes; disqualifying criminal offenses; definitions

Judicial determinations; timing; documentation

Residential drug treatment center; services; program termination; definitions

Parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions

Dependency petition; service; preliminary orders; hearing

Initial dependency and dependency adjudication hearings; deadlines

Initial dependency hearing; rights

Dependency adjudication hearing; settlement conference or mediation

Section
8-844.01

Allegation of aggravating circumstance

Disposition hearing

Services provided to the child and family

Periodic review hearings

Return of child

Permanency hearing

Hearing to terminate parental rights; notice; grounds

Timing of motions and hearings; consolidation of hearings

Permanent guardianship of a child

Permanent guardianship; procedure

Revocation of permanent guardianship

Section
8-873.01

Permanent guardianship dependency proceedings; reunification services

Appointment of successor permanent guardian

Program development

Requirements for contractors

Evaluation of community programs; annual report

In-home intervention

Compliance

Missing, kidnapped or runaway children; mandatory reporting

Findings and declarations

Definitions

Responsibilities of regional partnership councils

Composition of regional partnership councils; reimbursement of expenses; immunity

Staff support for regional partnership councils

Designation of regions

Regional and statewide direct and grant program requirements; permitted objectives

Program and grant proposal requirements

Procedures for the award of regional grants

Program and grantee accountability

Early childhood development and health fund

Acceptance of gifts and grants; acceptance of federal, state and local monies; use

Prohibition on supplantation of state funds; additional legislative appropriations

Budget and funding process

Allocation of funds

Annual audit

Members; appointment; terms; oath; immunity

Powers and duties

Public record, open meeting, and conflict of interest laws

Meetings; travel expenses

Executive director compensation; duties; regional and board staff; central office; expenditure of funds