78A-6-107 - Expedited filing of petition -- Expedited hearings. - Utah Statutes

78A-6-107. Expedited filing of petition -- Expedited hearings.
(1) For purposes of this section, "petition" means a petition, under Section 78A-6-304, tocommence proceedings in a juvenile court alleging that a child is:
(a) abused;
(b) neglected; or
(c) dependent.
(2) If a petition is requested by the division, the attorney general shall file the petitionwithin 72 hours of the completion of the division's investigation and request, excludingweekends and holidays, if:
(a) the child who is the subject of the requested petition is not removed from the child'shome by the division; and
(b) without an expedited hearing and services ordered under the protective supervision ofthe court, the child will likely be taken into protective custody.
(3) The court shall give scheduling priority to the pretrial and adjudication hearings on apetition if:
(a) the child who is the subject of the petition is not in:
(i) protective custody; or
(ii) temporary custody; and
(b) the division indicates in the petition that, without expedited hearings and servicesordered under the protective supervision of the court, the child will likely be taken into protectivecustody.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session