Part VI - PROCEDURES IN CASES OF CHILD NEGLECT OR ABUSE
- Section 49-4-601 - Petition to court when child believed neglected or abused; venue; notice; right to counsel; continuing legal education; findings; proceedings; procedure
- Section 49-4-601a - Preference of child placement
- Section 49-4-601b - Substantiation by the department of abuse and neglect; file purging; expungement; exceptions
- Section 49-4-602 - Petition to court when child believed neglected or abused; temporary care, custody, and control of child at different stages of proceeding; temporary care; orders; emergency removal; when reasonable efforts to preserve family are unnecessary
- Section 49-4-603 - Medical and mental examinations; limitation of evidence; probable cause; testimony; judge or referee
- Section 49-4-604 - Disposition of neglected or abused children; case plans; dispositions; factors to be considered; reunification; orders; alternative dispositions
- Section 49-4-605 - When department efforts to terminate parental rights are required
- Section 49-4-606 - Modification of dispositional orders; hearings; treatment team; unadopted children
- Section 49-4-607 - Consensual termination of parental rights
- Section 49-4-608 - Permanency hearing; frequency; transitional planning; out-of-state placement; findings; notice; permanent placement review
- Section 49-4-609 - Conviction for offenses against children
- Section 49-4-610 - Improvement periods in cases of child neglect or abuse; findings; orders; extensions; hearings; time limits