Child Abuse and Neglect

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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-4-4.1

Multilevel response system.

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-4-19

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.