Chapter 119 - PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THEM
- Section 119:1 - Declaration of policy; purpose
- Section 119:2 through 119:20 - [Repealed]
- Section 119:21 - Definitions applicable to secs. 22 to 51F
- Section 119:21A - Evidence
- Section 119:22 - Visitation of family foster homes; removal of child; discharge of child to parent or legal guardian
- Section 119:23 - Responsibility of department to provide foster care for children; assignment of support rights; sibling visitation rights
- Section 119:23A - Children born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and custody
- Section 119:23B - Services to unwed mothers
- Section 119:23C - Foster parents' bill of rights
- Section 119:24 - Procedure to commit child to custody or other disposition
- Section 119:25 - Hearing; custody of child
- Section 119:26 - Procedure at hearing; order of commitment; reimbursement of commonwealth; sibling visitation rights; petition for review
- Section 119:26A - Registration for foster care placement; criminal record review; fingerprint-based checks; grounds for rejection
- Section 119:26B - Grandparent access and visitation
- Section 119:26C - Employment summaries
- Section 119:27 - Appeals; procedure; notice of right of appeal; time limits
- Section 119:28 - Orders for support; who may bring action
- Section 119:29 - Counsel for persons unable to retain counsel; appointment
- Section 119:29A - Legal fees of minors in criminal proceedings; liability of parents
- Section 119:29B - Determination of future status of committed children; orders; permanency hearings; appeals
- Section 119:29C - Judicial certification of need to remove child from home
- Section 119:29D - Notice of hearing
- Section 119:32 - Placement of children in private families; individualized health care plan
- Section 119:33 - Placement of children in family home care
- Section 119:33A - [Reserved]
- Section 119:33B - Placement in family home care of juvenile who has or may have committed a sexual offense or arson
- Section 119:33C - Congregate care programs; authorized caregivers
- Section 119:34 - Transportation of children in patrol wagons
- Section 119:35 - Furnishing parent or guardian information as to child; permission to visit; petition; notice
- Section 119:36 - Bringing child into commonwealth with view to adoption, custody or care; permit; application; bond
- Section 119:37 - Rules and regulations of department
- Section 119:38 - Closed hearings; publication of names
- Section 119:38A - Proceedings related to court orders to not resuscitate or to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment
- Section 119:39 - Abandonment of infant under age of ten
- Section 119:39 1/2 - Voluntary abandonment
- Section 119:39D - Visitation rights to certain grandparents of unmarried minor children
- Section 119:39E - Petitions seeking determination that child is in need of services; jurisdiction; standing
- Section 119:39F - Right to counsel; assessment of costs
- Section 119:39G - Hearing; determination of child in need of services
- Section 119:39H - Custodial protection of child; notification to juvenile court; temporary placement; bail; detention; limitations; right of appeal
- Section 119:39I - Appeal; rights and procedures
- Section 119:39J - [Repealed]
- Section 119:39K - Child welfare services needs
- Section 119:39L - Juvenile delinquency or criminal proceedings against sexually exploited children
- Section 119:39M - Special findings for child alleging that return to country of origin is not in child's best interest
- Section 119:40 through 19:51 - [Repealed]
- Section 119:51A - Mandated reporters; reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect
- Section 119:51B - Investigation of report of abuse filed under Sec. 51A; removal of child; transmission and filing of written reports; notice to district attorney; disclosure of information by mandated reporter
- Section 119:51C - Custody of injured child pending transfer to department or hearing
- Section 119:51D - Powers and duties of area directors; multi-disciplinary service teams
- Section 119:51E - Reports of injured children; files; confidentiality; penalties
- Section 119:51F - Central registry of information; confidentiality; penalties
- Section 119:51G - Severability; secs. 51A to 51F
- Section 119:51H - Protective alerts
- Section 119:52 - Definitions
- Section 119:53 - Liberal construction; nature of proceedings against children
- Section 119:54 - Complaint; examination of complainant; indictment; summons; warrant
- Section 119:54A - Diversion of child from further court processing
- Section 119:55 - Summoning of parent or guardian
- Section 119:55A - Jury trials; discovery orders; jury-waived trials; appointment of stenographer
- Section 119:55B - Plea; disposition request; pretrial motions
- Section 119:56 - Adjournments; jury sessions; appointment of stenographer
- Section 119:57 - Investigation by probation officer; record of performance; reports
- Section 119:58 - Adjudication as delinquent child or youthful offender
- Section 119:58B - Commitment of delinquent child
- Section 119:59 - Violation of terms of probation
- Section 119:60 - Admissibility of adjudication in subsequent proceeding; disqualification for public service
- Section 119:60A - Inspection of records in youthful offender and delinquency cases
- Section 119:62 - Restitution or reparation by child to injured person
- Section 119:63 - Inducing or abetting delinquency of child
- Section 119:63A - Aiding or abetting violation of juvenile court order; harboring a child who has taken flight; penalties; defenses
- Section 119:64 - Powers of commissioner of probation; annual report
- Section 119:65 - Juvenile sessions; presence of minors; exclusion of public
- Section 119:66 - Detention of child in police station; commitment to jail, house of correction, or state farm
- Section 119:67 - Notice of arrest of child to probation officer and parent or guardian; detention
- Section 119:68 - Commitment of children held for examination or trial
- Section 119:68A - Diagnostic study by department of youth services; report and recommendations
- Section 119:68B - Special foster homes; detention homes; transfer of child
- Section 119:68C - Diagnostic services by department of youth services
- Section 119:69 - Information and reports of superintendents of schools and teachers relating to conduct of child awaiting examination or trial
- Section 119:69A - Information of probation officers, police and school authorities
- Section 119:70 - Summoning of parent or guardian during case
- Section 119:71 - Failure to appear on summons; capias
- Section 119:72 - Continuance of jurisdiction of courts in juvenile sessions
- Section 119:72A - Proceedings upon apprehension after nineteenth birthday
- Section 119:72B - Persons between ages of fourteen and eighteen convicted of murder; penalties
- Section 119:74 - Limitations on criminal proceedings against children
- Section 119:84 - Warrant of commitment to department of youth services
- Section 119:85 - Department employees reporting animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; immunity from liability
- Section 119:86 - Use of restraints on juveniles during court proceedings; reporting of security concerns
- Section 119:87 - Placement of juveniles in detention facilities
- Section 119:88 - Participation in community-based restorative justice program
- Section 119:89 - Juvenile justice policy and data board