Utah Code — 80
Browse 286 sections in division 80 of the Utah code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 80-1-102. Juvenile Code definitions. (Superseded 1/1/2027)
- § 80-1-102. Juvenile Code definitions. (Effective 1/1/2027)
- § 80-1-103. Cooperation of political subdivisions and public or private agencies and organizations.
- § 80-2-102. Definitions.
- § 80-2-201. Creation of division.
- § 80-2-202. Division director -- Qualifications -- Responsibilities.
- § 80-2-301. Division responsibilities.
- § 80-2-302. Division rulemaking authority -- Family impact statement.
- § 80-2-303. Division enforcement authority -- Attorney general responsibilities.
- § 80-2-304. Administrative proceedings.
- § 80-2-305. Fraudulently obtained services -- Division recovery -- Agreement with Office of Recovery Services.
- § 80-2-306. Division in-home services for the preservation of families.
- § 80-2-307. Division reimbursement of motor vehicle insurance coverage for a foster child.
- § 80-2-308. Division responsibility for normalizing lives of children -- Requirements for caregiver decision making.
- § 80-2-309. Orientation and identity.
- § 80-2-310. Continuity of mental health treatment and services for a foster child.
- § 80-2-401. Division employees -- Failure to comply with law or division rule or policy -- Termination.
- § 80-2-402. Child welfare training coordinator -- Mandatory education and training of child welfare caseworkers -- Development of curriculum.
- § 80-2-403. Child welfare caseworker safety and risk assessments.
- § 80-2-404. Division volunteers -- Reimbursement.
- § 80-2-405. Private recruitment and training of foster care parents and child welfare volunteers -- Extension of immunity.
- § 80-2-501. Children's Account.
- § 80-2-503. Division contracts for prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect -- Requirements -- Public hearing -- Funding provided by contractor.
- § 80-2-503.5. Psychotropic medication oversight program -- Behavioral health service rates.
- § 80-2-504. Definitions -- Federal benefits for minors in the custody of the department -- Financial training -- Rulemaking -- Reporting.
- § 80-2-601. Legislative purpose.
- § 80-2-602. Child abuse and neglect reporting requirements -- Exceptions.
- § 80-2-603. Fetal alcohol syndrome or spectrum disorder and drug dependency reporting requirements.
- § 80-2-604. Death of a child reporting requirements.
- § 80-2-605. Physician removal of a child -- Reporting requirements.
- § 80-2-606. Written reports.
- § 80-2-607. Health care provider photographs of child abuse or neglect.
- § 80-2-608. Confidential identity of person who reports.
- § 80-2-609. Failure to report -- Threats and intimidation -- Penalty.
- § 80-2-610. Immunity from liability for a report -- Exception.
- § 80-2-611. False reports -- Investigation -- Notice of penalty.
- § 80-2-701. Division preremoval investigation -- Supported or unsupported reports -- Convening of child protection team -- Coordination with law enforcement -- Consultation with child protection team before close of investigation.
- § 80-2-702. Division post-removal investigation -- Supported or unsupported reports -- Convening of child protection team -- Cooperation with law enforcement -- Close of investigation.
- § 80-2-703. Conflict child protective services investigations -- Authority of investigators.
- § 80-2-704. Division interview of a child -- Support person for the child -- Notice -- Recording.
- § 80-2-705. Law enforcement interview of a child in division's custody.
- § 80-2-706. Child protection team convened during division investigation -- Coordination of team -- Timing of team meetings.
- § 80-2-707. Supported finding of child abuse or neglect after division investigation -- Notice to alleged perpetrator -- Rights of alleged perpetrator -- Administrative review -- Joinder in juvenile court.
- § 80-2-708. Supported finding of a severe type of child abuse or neglect after division investigation -- Notation in Licensing Information System -- Juvenile court petition or notice to alleged perpetrator -- Rights of alleged perpetrator.
- § 80-2-709. Division access to criminal background information for background screening and investigation.
- § 80-2-801. Definitions.
- § 80-2-802. Division child placing and adoption services -- Restrictions on placement of a child.
- § 80-2-803. Division promotion of adoption -- Adoption research and informational pamphlet.
- § 80-2-804. Adoptive placement time frame -- Division contracts with child-placing agencies.
- § 80-2-805. Division post-adoption services and contracts -- Access to health care for an adopted child.
- § 80-2-806. Division adoption assistance -- Eligibility -- Limitations.
- § 80-2-807. Division supplemental adoption assistance -- Department advisory committee.
- § 80-2-808. Division termination or modification of adoption assistance.
- § 80-2-809. Interstate compact adoption assistance agreements.
- § 80-2-901. Definitions.
- § 80-2-902. Division authority under Article III of Interstate Compact.
- § 80-2-903. Director authority under Article V of Interstate Compact.
- § 80-2-904. Executive director authority under Article VII of Interstate Compact.
- § 80-2-905. Interstate Compact on Placement of Children -- Text.
- § 80-2-906. Financial responsibility for child placed under Interstate Compact.
- § 80-2-907. Fulfillment of requirements under Interstate Compact.
- § 80-2-908. Jurisdiction over delinquent children under Interstate Compact.
- § 80-2-909. Existing authority for child placement continues.
- § 80-2-910. Interjurisdictional home study report.
- § 80-2-1001. Management Information System -- Contents -- Classification of records -- Access.
- § 80-2-1002. Licensing Information System -- Contents -- Classification of records -- Access -- Unlawful release -- Penalty.
- § 80-2-1003. Deletion, expungement, or notation of information or reports in Management Information System or Licensing Information System.
- § 80-2-1004. Request for division removal of name from Licensing Information System -- Petition for evidentiary hearing or substantiation.
- § 80-2-1005. Classification of reports of alleged abuse or neglect -- Confidential identity of a person who reports -- Access -- Admitting reports into evidence -- Unlawful release and use -- Penalty.
- § 80-2-1006. Sharing of records with Indian tribe under agreement.
- § 80-2-1007. Request to examine division services payment -- Access to related records -- Unlawful use -- Penalty.
- § 80-2-1101. Citizen review panel -- Child Welfare Improvement Council -- Duties.
- § 80-2-1102. Performance monitoring system -- Report.
- § 80-2-1103. Annual review of child welfare referrals and cases by department -- Review by legislative auditor general -- Reports.
- § 80-2-1104. Child protection ombudsman -- Responsibility -- Authority -- Report.
- § 2a-101. Definitions.
- § 2a-201. Rights of parents -- Children's rights -- Interest and responsibility of state.
- § 2a-202. Removal of a child by a peace officer or child welfare caseworker -- Search warrants -- Protective custody and temporary care of a child.
- § 2a-203. Notice upon issuance of a warrant or removal of a child -- Locating noncustodial parent -- Information provided to parent, guardian, or responsible relative.
- § 2a-301. Division's emergency placement of a child -- Background checks.
- § 2a-302. Reasonable efforts to maintain a child in the home -- Exception -- Reasonable efforts for reunification.
- § 2a-303. Child missing from division custody -- Placement after locating child.
- § 2a-304. Removal of a child from foster family placement -- Procedural due process.
- § 80-3-102. Definitions.
- § 80-3-103. Nature of proceedings -- Rules of procedure -- Ex parte communications.
- § 80-3-104. Individuals entitled to be present at proceedings -- Legal representation -- Attorney general responsibilities.
- § 80-3-105. Consolidation of proceedings.
- § 80-3-106. Record of proceedings.
- § 80-3-107. Disclosure of records -- Record sharing.
- § 80-3-108. Opportunity for a minor to address the juvenile court -- Consideration of minor's statement outside of court.
- § 80-3-109. Physical or mental health examination during proceedings -- Division duties.
- § 80-3-110. Consideration of cannabis during proceedings -- Drug testing.
- § 80-3-111. Interstate compact -- Relative placement.
- § 80-3-201. Petition -- Who may file -- Timing -- Dismissal -- Notice.
- § 80-3-202. Expedited filing of petition.
- § 80-3-203. Expedited hearing for temporary custody.
- § 80-3-204. Protective custody of a child after a petition is filed -- Grounds.
- § 80-3-205. Coordination of proceedings.
- § 80-3-206. Mediation.
- § 80-3-207. Modification of petition -- Continuance.
- § 80-3-301. Shelter hearing -- Court considerations.
- § 80-3-302. Shelter hearing -- Placement of a child.
- § 80-3-303. Post-shelter hearing placement of a child in division's temporary custody.
- § 80-3-304. Second medical opinion in cases of alleged medical neglect.
- § 80-3-305. Criminal background checks necessary before out-of-home placement of a child.
- § 80-3-306. Outstanding arrest warrant check before return of custody.
- § 80-3-307. Child and family plan developed by division -- Parent-time and relative visitation.
- § 80-3-401. Pretrial and adjudication hearing -- Time deadlines.
- § 80-3-402. Adjudication hearing -- Dispositional hearing time deadlines -- Scheduling of review and permanency hearing.
- § 80-3-403. Treatment for offender and victim -- Costs.
- § 80-3-404. Finding of severe child abuse or neglect -- Order delivered to division -- Court records.
- § 80-3-405. Dispositions after adjudication.
- § 80-3-406. Permanency plan -- Reunification services.
- § 80-3-407. Six-month review hearing -- Findings regarding reasonable efforts by division -- Findings regarding child and family plan compliance.
- § 80-3-408. Periodic review hearings -- Dispositional reports.
- § 80-3-409. Permanency hearing -- Final plan -- Petition for termination of parental rights filed -- Hearing on termination of parental rights.
- § 80-3-501. Placement in a qualified residential treatment program -- Review hearings.
- § 80-3-502. Review of foster care removal -- Foster parent's standing.
- § 80-3-503. Minor's petition for removal from division custody -- Reentering division custody.
- § 80-3-504. Petition for substantiation -- Court findings -- Expedited hearing -- Records of an appeal.
- § 80-3-505. Petition for special findings for at-risk noncitizen child.
- § 80-4-102. Definitions.
- § 80-4-103. Nature of the proceedings -- Rules of procedure -- Burden of proof.
- § 80-4-104. Judicial process for termination -- Parent unfit or incompetent -- Best interest of child.
- § 80-4-105. Effect of decree.
- § 80-4-106. Individuals entitled to be present at proceedings -- Legal representation -- Attorney general responsibilities.
- § 80-4-107. Record of proceedings -- Written reports and other materials -- Statements of a child.
- § 80-4-108. Physical or mental health examination during proceedings.
- § 80-4-109. Consideration of cannabis during proceedings.
- § 80-4-201. Petition -- Who may file -- Dismissal.
- § 80-4-202. Contents of petition.
- § 80-4-203. Mandatory petition for termination of parental rights.
- § 80-4-204. Notice of petition.
- § 80-4-205. Expedited hearing for temporary custody.
- § 80-4-206. Mediation.
- § 80-4-207. Modification of petition -- Continuance.
- § 80-4-301. Grounds for termination of parental rights -- Findings regarding reasonable efforts by division.
- § 80-4-302. Evidence of grounds for termination.
- § 80-4-303. Specific considerations when child is not in physical custody of parent.
- § 80-4-304. Specific considerations when child is placed in foster home.
- § 80-4-305. Court disposition of child upon termination of parental rights -- Posttermination reunification.
- § 80-4-306. Review following termination.
- § 80-4-307. Voluntary relinquishment -- Irrevocable.
- § 80-4-401. Petition to restore parental rights -- Division duties.
- § 80-4-402. Hearing on petition to restore parental rights.
- § 80-4-501. Definitions.
- § 80-4-502. Safe relinquishment of a newborn child -- Termination of parental rights -- Affirmative defense.
- § 80-5-102. Definitions.
- § 80-5-103. Creation of division -- Jurisdiction.
- § 80-5-104. Division director -- Qualifications -- Responsibility.
- § 80-5-201. Division responsibilities.
- § 80-5-202. Division rulemaking authority -- Reports on sexual assault.
- § 80-5-203. Detention risk assessment tool.
- § 80-5-204. Annual review of programs and facilities.
- § 80-5-205. Contracts with private providers.
- § 80-5-206. Records -- Property of division.
- § 80-5-207. Restitution by a minor committed to the division.
- § 80-5-208. Care of pregnant minor in secure detention or secure care.
- § 80-5-209. Health care for minors in custody.
- § 80-5-301. Appropriation and funding of juvenile receiving centers.
- § 80-5-302. Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account.
- § 80-5-303. Report on the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account.
- § 80-5-304. Income and finances for minors in the custody of the division.
- § 80-5-401. Youth services for prevention and early intervention -- Program standards -- Program services.
- § 80-5-402. Community-based programs.
- § 80-5-403. Case management staff.
- § 80-5-501. Detention facilities and services.
- § 80-5-502. New detention facilities.
- § 80-5-503. Secure care facilities.
- § 80-5-601. Harboring a runaway -- Reporting requirements -- Division of Child and Family Services to provide assistance -- Affirmative defense -- Providing shelter after notice.
- § 80-5-602. Homeless youth -- Consent to shelter, care, or services by a homeless youth.
- § 80-5-603. Assessment of an ungovernable or runaway child for services.
- § 80-5-701. Youth Parole Authority -- Creation -- Members.
- § 80-5-702. Member qualifications -- Expenses.
- § 80-5-703. Authority responsibilities -- Administrative officer of the authority.
- § 80-6-102. Definitions.
- § 80-6-103. Notification to a school -- Civil and criminal liability.
- § 80-6-104. Data collection on offenses committed by minors -- Reporting requirement.
- § 80-6-201. Minor taken into temporary custody by peace officer, private individual, or probation officer -- Grounds -- Protective custody.
- § 80-6-202. Warrants for minors.
- § 80-6-203. Temporary custody of a minor -- Notification of a child's parent, guardian, or custodian -- Taking a minor to a detention facility.
- § 80-6-204. Detention or confinement of a child -- Restrictions.
- § 80-6-205. Admission to detention -- Alternative to detention -- Rights of a minor in detention.
- § 80-6-206. Interrogation of a child -- Presence of a parent, legal guardian, or other adult -- Prohibition on false information or unauthorized statement -- Admissibility of admission, confession, or statement by child.
- § 80-6-207. Detention hearings -- Period of detention -- Bail.
- § 80-6-301. Referral to juvenile court.
- § 80-6-302. Citation -- Procedure -- Time limits -- Failure to appear.
- § 80-6-303. Criminal proceedings involving minors -- Transfer to juvenile court -- Exception.
- § 80-6-303.5. Preliminary inquiry by juvenile probation officer -- Eligibility for nonjudicial adjustment.
- § 80-6-304. Nonjudicial adjustments -- Requirement to seek legal counsel before declination. (Superseded 1/1/2027)
- § 80-6-304. Nonjudicial adjustments -- Requirement to seek legal counsel before declination. (Effective 1/1/2027)
- § 80-6-304.5. Prosecutorial review of referral to juvenile court -- Filing a petition.
- § 80-6-305. Petition for a delinquency proceeding -- Amending a petition -- Continuance.
- § 80-6-306. Plea -- Withdrawal of a plea.
- § 80-6-307. Dispositional report required in minors' cases -- Exceptions.
- § 80-6-401. Definitions -- Competency to proceed.
- § 80-6-402. Procedure -- Standard.
- § 80-6-403. Disposition on finding of not competent to proceed -- Subsequent hearings -- Notice to prosecuting attorneys.
- § 80-6-501. Definitions.
- § 80-6-502. Criminal information for a minor in district court.
- § 80-6-503. Criminal information for a minor in juvenile court -- Extending juvenile court jurisdiction.
- § 80-6-504. Preliminary hearing -- Grounds for transfer -- Detention of a minor bound over to the district court.
- § 80-6-505. Criminal proceedings for a minor bound over to district court.
- § 80-6-506. Appeals from bind over proceedings.
- § 80-6-507. Commitment of a minor by a district court -- Provisional housing of a minor in a secure care facility.
- § 80-6-508. Blended plea -- Not permitted.
- § 80-6-601. Minors' cases considered civil proceedings -- Minor not to be charged with crime -- Exception for a prior adjudication -- Traffic violation cases.
- § 80-6-602. Hearings or proceedings for minors -- Prosecuting attorney -- Order for indigent defense -- Custody in the Division of Child and Family Services.
- § 80-6-603. Rights of minors facing delinquency proceedings.
- § 80-6-604. Victim's rights -- Access to juvenile court records.
- § 80-6-605. Extension of juvenile court jurisdiction -- Procedure.
- § 80-6-606. Validated risk and needs assessment -- Examination of minor or minor's parent or guardian -- Temporary custody or appointment of guardian.
- § 80-6-607. Case planning and appropriate responses.
- § 80-6-608. When photographs, fingerprints, or HIV infection tests may be taken -- Distribution -- DNA collection -- Reimbursement.
- § 80-6-609. Restraint of a minor.
- § 80-6-610. Property damage caused by a minor -- Liability of parent or guardian.
- § 80-6-701. Adjudication of an offense.
- § 80-6-702. Probation or protective supervision -- Conditions for probation.
- § 80-6-703. Placement of a child -- Commitment of a minor to the division -- Limitations.
- § 80-6-704. Detention or alternative to detention -- Limitations.
- § 80-6-705. Secure care -- Limitations -- Order for therapy for parent with minor in secure care.
- § 80-6-706. Treatment -- Commitment to local mental health authority or Utah State Developmental Center.
- § 80-6-707. Suspension of driving privileges.
- § 80-6-708. Service in National Guard.
- § 80-6-709. Payment of fines, fees, restitution, or other costs -- Community or compensatory service -- Property damage -- Unpaid balances.
- § 80-6-710. Determination of restitution -- Requirements.
- § 80-6-711. Suspending a disposition.
- § 80-6-712. Time periods for supervision of probation or placement -- Termination of continuing jurisdiction.
- § 80-6-801. Commitment to local mental health authority or Utah State Developmental Center.
- § 80-6-802. Commitment to secure care -- Rights of individuals in secure care.
- § 80-6-803. Cost of support and maintenance of a juvenile offender -- Responsibility.
- § 80-6-804. Review and termination of secure care.
- § 80-6-805. Parole procedures -- Conditions of parole.
- § 80-6-806. Parole revocation -- Hearing -- Procedures.
- § 80-6-807. Discharge of juvenile offender.
- § 80-6-808. Appeal regarding parole release or revocation.
- § 80-6-809. Division services after termination of custody of a minor.
- § 80-6-901. Definitions.
- § 80-6-902. Youth court -- Authorization -- Referral.
- § 80-6-903. Parental involvement -- Victims -- Restitution.
- § 80-6-904. Dispositions.
- § 80-6-905. Liability.
- § 80-6-906. Fees.
- § 80-6-907. Youth Court Board -- Membership -- Responsibilities.
- § 80-6-908. Establishing a youth court -- Sponsoring entity responsibilities.
- § 80-6-909. School credit.
- § 80-6-1001. Definitions.
- § 80-6-1001.1. Court records -- Abstracts.
- § 80-6-1001.2. Venue for petition seeking expungement.
- § 80-6-1002. Vacatur of an adjudication.
- § 80-6-1004.1. Petition to expunge adjudication -- Hearing and notice -- Waiver -- Order.
- § 80-6-1004.2. Petition to expunge nonjudicial adjustment -- Order.
- § 80-6-1004.3. Petition to expunge arrest, investigation, detention, or delinquency petition -- Screening -- Order.
- § 80-6-1004.4. Petition to expunge petition not found to be true -- Order.
- § 80-6-1004.5. Automatic expungement of successful nonjudicial adjustment -- Effect of successful nonjudicial adjustment.
- § 80-6-1006.1. Exceptions to expungement order -- Distribution of expungement order -- Agency duties -- Effect of expungement -- Access to expunged record.
- § 80-6-1007. Fees.
- § 80-6-1101. Interstate Compact for Juveniles -- Execution of compact.
- § 80-6-1102. Article 1 -- Purpose.
- § 80-6-1103. Article 2 -- Definitions.
- § 80-6-1104. Article 3 -- Interstate Commission for Juveniles.
- § 80-6-1105. Article 4 -- Powers and duties of the Interstate Commission.
- § 80-6-1106. Article 5 -- Organization and operation of the Interstate Commission.
- § 80-6-1107. Article 6 -- Rulemaking functions of the Interstate Commission.
- § 80-6-1108. Article 7 -- Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission.
- § 80-6-1109. Article 8 -- Finance.
- § 80-6-1110. Article 9 -- State council.
- § 80-6-1111. Article 10 -- Compacting states, effective date, and amendment.
- § 80-6-1112. Article 11 -- Withdrawal, default, termination, and judicial enforcement.
- § 80-6-1113. Article 12 -- Severability and construction.
- § 80-6-1114. Article 13 -- Binding effect of compact and other laws.
- § 80-6-1115. Juvenile compact administrator.
- § 80-6-1116. Supplementary agreements.
- § 80-6-1117. Financial arrangements.
- § 80-6-1118. Responsibility of parents.
- § 80-6-1119. Responsibilities of state courts, departments, agencies, and officers.
- § 80-7-102. Definitions.
- § 80-7-103. Petition for emancipation -- Amending a petition -- Continuance.
- § 80-7-104. Procedure for emancipation.
- § 80-7-105. Emancipation.
- § 80-8-101. Definitions.
- § 80-8-201. Youth protection requirements.
- § 80-8-202. Training -- Policies.
- § 80-8-203. Penalty.
- § 80-8-204. Insurance.
- § 80-8-205. No effect on cause of action -- No duty created.