78A-6-110 - Venue -- Transfer or certification to other districts -- Dismissal without adjudication on merits. - Utah Statutes

78A-6-110. Venue -- Transfer or certification to other districts -- Dismissal withoutadjudication on merits.
(1) Proceedings in minor's cases shall be commenced in the court of the district in whichthe minor is living or is found, or in which an alleged violation of law or ordinance occurred.
(2) After the filing of a petition, the court may transfer the case to the district where theminor resides or to the district where the violation of law or ordinance is alleged to haveoccurred. The court may, in its discretion, after adjudication certify the case for disposition tothe court of the district in which the minor resides.
(3) The transferring or certifying court shall transmit all documents and legal and socialrecords, or certified copies to the receiving court, and the receiving court shall proceed with thecase as if the petition had been originally filed or the adjudication had been originally made inthat court.
(4) The dismissal of a petition in one district where the dismissal is without prejudiceand where there has been no adjudication upon the merits shall not preclude refiling within thesame district or another district where there is venue of the case.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session