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  • (1) "Abuse, neglect, or dependency petition" means a petition filed in accordance with this chapter to commence proceedings in a juvenile court alleging that a child is:
    • (a) abused;
    • (b) neglected; or
    • (c) dependent.
  • (2) "Child protection team" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.
  • (3) "Custody" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.
  • (4) "Division" means the Division of Child and Family Services created in Section 62A-4a-103.
  • (5) "Friend" means an adult who:
    • (a) has an established relationship with the child or a family member of the child; and
    • (b) is not the natural parent of the child.
  • (6) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild.
  • (7) "Relative" means an adult who:
    • (a) is the child's grandparent, great grandparent, aunt, great aunt, uncle, great uncle, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepparent, first cousin, stepsibling, or sibling;
    • (b) is a first cousin of the child's parent;
    • (c) is an adoptive parent of the child's sibling; or
    • (d) in the case of a child who is an Indian child, is an extended family member as defined in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1903.
  • (8) "Shelter care" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.
  • (9) "Sibling" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.
  • (10) "Sibling visitation" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.
  • (11) "Substitute care" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.
  • (12) "Temporary custody" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-4a-101.





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