Title 6
Juvenile Procedure

6-1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

6-1-1    Establishment.

6-1-2    Purpose.

6-1-3    Definitions.

6-1-4    Jurisdiction.

6-1-5    Place of Sitting.

6-1-6    Transfers Between Courts.

6-1-7    Transfer Criteria.

6-1-8    Records Transfer.

6-1-9    Notice of Legal Rights.

6-1-10    Procedure.

6-1-11    Hearings.

6-1-12    Social Study and Other Reports.

6-1-13    Rules of Evidence.

6-1-14    Effect of Proceedings.

6-1-15    Inspection of Court Records.

6-1-16    Sealed Records.

6-1-17    Appeals.

6-2 EMERGENCY CUSTODY

6-2-1    Emergency Custody.

6-2-2    Notification of Parents.

6-2-3    Release of Detained Child.

6-2-4    Notification of Court.

6-2-5    Shelter

6-2-6    Court Ordered Medical Treatment.

6-3 ADJUDICATION

6-3-1    Court Intake.

6-3-2    Petition Contents.

6-3-3    Summons.

6-3-4    Service of Summons.

6-3-5    Failure to Appear.

6-3-6    Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem.

6-3-7    Adjudicatory Hearing.

6-3-8    Dismissal of Petition.

6-3-9    Sustaining Petition.

6-3-10    Temporary Orders.

6-4 DISPOSITION

6-4-1    Dispositional Hearing.

6-4-2    Reports.

6-4-3    Treatment Plan.

6-4-4    Continuance.

6-4-5    Order of Protection.

6-4-6    Types of Protection Order.

6-4-7    Placement Preferences.

6-4-8    Religious Preferences.

6-4-9    Disposition Decree.

6-4-10    Legal Custody-Guardianship.

6-4-11    Probation.

6-4-12    New Hearing Authorized.

6-4-13    Orders for Support.

6-4-14    Continuing Jurisdiction.

6-5 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

6-5-1    Motion for Termination.

6-5-2    Appointment of Counsel.

6-5-3    Burden of Proof.

6-5-4    Grounds of Termination.

6-5-5    Abandonment.

6-5-6    Parental Unfitness.

6-5-7    Voluntary Termination.

6-5-8    Review Following Determination.

6-5-9    Effect of Termination.

6-5-10    Grandparents Rights.

6-6 ADOPTIONS

6-6-1    Jurisdiction Over Adoptions.

6-6-2    Purpose of Adoptions.

6-6-3    Eligibility to Adopt.

6-6-4    Consent to Adoption.

6-6-5    Consent of Child.

6-6-6    Petition.

6-6-7    Investigation.

6-6-8    Adoption Hearing.

6-6-9    Report and Final Decree of Adoption.

6-6-10    Contents of Adoption Order.

6-6-11    Effect of Final Decree.

6-6-12    Confidentiality.

6-6-13    Enrollment Matters.

6-6-14    Certificates of Adoption.

6-7 EMANCIPATION

6-7-1    Rights of Majority.

6-7-2    Petition Contents.

6-7-3    Notice.

6-7-4    Hearing.