63A-11-201 - Child welfare parental defense contracts -- Qualifications. - Utah Statutes

63A-11-201. Child welfare parental defense contracts -- Qualifications.
(1) The office may enter into contracts with qualified parental defense attorneys toprovide services for an indigent parent or parents who are the subject of a petition alleging abuse,neglect, or dependency, and will require a parental defense attorney pursuant to Section78A-6-1111.
(2) Payment for the representation, costs, and expenses of a contracted parental defenseattorney shall be made from the Child Welfare Parental Defense Fund as provided in Section63A-11-203.
(3) The parental defense attorney shall maintain the minimum qualifications as providedby this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session