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ID H0465
Bill
Status
2/6/2014
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee
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AI Summary
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Changes maximum shelter care holding time from 48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) to 3 working judicial days, and establishes minimum of 2 working judicial days (not including day child is taken into care).
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Revises notification requirements for parents regarding shelter care, replacing "48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays" with "3 working judicial days" and "minimum of 2 working judicial days."
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Amends Section 16-1602 to define "working judicial day" as days between and including Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, and makes technical corrections to definitions including "aggravated circumstances."
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Updates Section 39-8206 regarding abandoned child parental rights claims to align shelter care hearing timelines with the new 3 working judicial day maximum and 2 working judicial day minimum standards.
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Applies revised shelter care hearing timeframes to cases where parents claim parental rights to abandoned children, ensuring consistent procedural timelines across juvenile proceedings.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise provisions relating to the maximum and minimum time a child taken into shelter care may be held before a shelter care hearing.
JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules, & Administration
2/7/2014