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United States — Arizona
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On a child’s initial out-of-home placement, the agency must investigate placement needs and the child must get a complete medical exam; later placements require yearly medical exams.
United States — Arizona
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This section creates an ongoing permanent guardianship subsidy program, sets review and notice duties, and requires the department to stop subsidies when specified events occur unless a schooling-based extension applies.
United States — Arizona
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In court proceedings under this chapter, the court must ask whether any party believes the child is covered by the Indian Child Welfare Act, unless the court has already decided that the Act applies.
United States — Arizona
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Arizona’s family builders program is established in the department, and providers must give notices, obtain informed consent, meet service and assessment deadlines, keep records, and report imminent danger cases.
United States — Arizona
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The department and local criminal justice officials must develop and use screening, safety, and investigation protocols, and county attorneys must file annual reports on those investigations.
United States — Arizona
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When deciding whether a child is neglected, decision-makers must consider a parent, guardian, or custodian’s drug or alcohol abuse, and a mother’s use of certain drugs or alcohol during pregnancy if the child is demonstrably adversely affected at birth or within one year after birth.
United States — Arizona
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This section limits when a child may be taken into temporary custody and sets follow-up requirements, time limits, and penalties for interference.
United States — Arizona
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The department must set rules and procedures for removing a child, notify and interview parents or guardians promptly, and generally cannot remove a child without supervisor review and approval first.
United States — Arizona
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When a child is taken into temporary custody, the responsible person must give the parent or guardian written notice quickly, with special timing rules if the parent is present, lives out of state, or cannot be located.
United States — Arizona
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This section requires a preliminary protective hearing after a child is taken into temporary custody and gives the parent or guardian specific rights at that hearing.
United States — Arizona
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In a preliminary protective hearing, the court may rely on hearsay evidence in listed forms and must make custody and service-related determinations.
United States — Arizona
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If a parent or guardian denies the allegations at the preliminary protective hearing, the court may set a dependency adjudication hearing date, must not hold an initial dependency hearing for that parent or guardian, and must schedule the related conference or mediation and warn about failing to appear.
United States — Arizona
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This section lets an authorized tribe request background checks for adults in a potential emergency placement home and sets when a child may or may not be placed there.
United States — Arizona
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The court must make several child-welfare findings on a set schedule after a child is removed from home, and it must explain each finding in writing.
United States — Arizona
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A court generally may not remove a child or deny visitation or reunification because a parent is blind, and if removal or limits are ordered, the court must make specific written findings.
United States — Arizona
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This section lets the department or an interested party file a dependency petition, but puts extra notice and waiting-period limits on certain petitions, and requires service of the petition and notice on specified people.
United States — Arizona
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The court must schedule the initial dependency hearing within 21 days after the petition is filed, with a publication-related exception, and must complete the dependency adjudication hearing within 90 days after service unless in-home intervention was ordered.
United States — Arizona
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This section requires the court at an initial dependency hearing to tell the parent or guardian about specified rights and make several case-management findings and orders.
United States — Arizona
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In a contested dependency case, the court must hold a settlement conference, pretrial conference, or mediation before adjudication, and all parties must participate.
United States — Arizona
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If the department plans to present evidence of an aggravating circumstance, it must give written notice to the court and the parties at least 15 days before the disposition hearing.