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HOUSE BILL NO. 835 – Child protection, techn correction

HOUSE BILL NO. 835

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H0835.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
CHILD PROTECTION - Amends Section 16-1610, as amended by Senate Bill 1437
of the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature, to
correct typographical errors.

03/18    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/19    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Kellogg, Kendell, Kjellander,
      Kunz, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
      Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger,
      Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Judd, Kempton, Linford, Taylor
    Floor Sponsor - Black(15)
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/20    Senate intro
03/20    Rls susp - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen, Ingram,
      Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
      Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs,
      Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Danielson, Hawkins
    Floor Sponsor -
    Title apvd - to House
03/23    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
    Pres signed - to Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 385
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0835


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 835

                               BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION; AMENDING SECTION 16-1610, IDAHO CODE, AS AMENDED
 3        BY SENATE BILL 1437, SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH IDAHO LEG-
 4        ISLATURE, TO CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 16-1610, Idaho Code, as amended  by  Senate  Bill
 7    1437,  Second  Regular  Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature, be, and
 8    the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

 9        16-1610.  DECREE -- DISPOSITION HEARING. (a) If  a  preponderance  of  the
10    evidence  of  the  adjudicatory  hearing shows that the child comes within the
11    purview of this chapter, the court shall so decree and  in  its  decree  shall
12    make  a  finding  of  the facts and conclusions of law upon which it exercises
13    jurisdiction over the child.
14        (b)  Upon entry of its decree, the court may consider any information rel-
15    evant to the disposition of the child, but in any event shall:
16        (1)  Place the child under protective supervision in his own home  for  an
17        indeterminate  period not to exceed one (1) year from the date entered but
18        the court may extend the period of time upon a showing by  the  authorized
19        agency  that  continued supervision is necessary for the best interests of
20        the child; or
21        (2)  Vest legal custody in the department or other authorized agency  sub-
22        ject  to  residual  parental rights and subject to full judicial review by
23        the court of all matters relating to the  custody  of  the  child  by  the
24        department  or other authorized agency. The court shall make written find-
25        ings as to whether the department made reasonable efforts to  prevent  the
26        placement  of the child in foster care, including findings, when appropri-
27        ate, that:
28             (i)   reasonable efforts were made but were not successful in  elimi-
29             nating the need for foster care placement of the child;
30             (ii)  reasonable efforts were not made because of immediate danger to
31             the child;
32             (iii) reasonable  efforts to temporarily place the child with related
33             persons were made but were not successful; or
34             (iv)  reasonable efforts were not required as  the  parent  had  sub-
35             jected  the  child  to  aggravated circumstances as determined by the
36             court including, but not limited to:  abandonment;  torture;  chronic
37             abuse; sexual abuse; committed murder; committed voluntary manslaugh-
38             ter;  aided  or  abetted, attempted, conspired or solicited to commit
39             such a murder or voluntary manslaughter; committed a  felony  assault
40             that  results in serious bodily injury to any child of the parent; or
41             the parental rights of the parent to a sibling have  been  terminated
42             involuntarily ;  and that as a result, a hearing to deter-
43             mine  the  permanent  future  plan for this child will be held within


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 1             thirty (30) days of this determination. Reasonable efforts  shall  be
 2             made  to  place  the  child in a timely manner in accordance with the
 3             permanency plan and to  complete  whatever  steps  are  necessary  to
 4             finalize the permanent placement of the child. Whenever possible, the
 5             child's  connections  to  the community, including individuals with a
 6             significant relationship to the child,  religious  organizations  and
 7             community activities, will be maintained through the transition.
 8        (3)  The  court  shall  make  written  findings that reasonable efforts to
 9        reunify are not required as the parent had subjected the child  to  aggra-
10        vated  circumstances  including, but not limited to: abandonment; torture;
11        chronic abuse; sexual abuse; committed murder;  committed  voluntary  man-
12        slaughter;  aided  or abetted, attempted, conspired or solicited to commit
13        such a murder or voluntary manslaughter; committed a felony  assault  that
14        results in serious bodily injury to the child or another child of the par-
15        ent;  or  the  parental rights of the parent to a sibling have been termi-
16        nated  in voluntarily.
17        (c)  A decree vesting legal custody in the  department  shall  be  binding
18    upon  the  department,  and shall state the department shall prepare a written
19    case plan within thirty (30) days of placement designed to  make  it  possible
20    for  the  child  to  return to his home or may concurrently contain reasonable
21    efforts to place the child for adoption or with a legal guardian; shall  state
22    with  specificity  the role of the department toward each parent; and shall be
23    for an indeterminate period not to exceed one (1) year from the date  entered,
24    except  that  the  department  may  file  a petition with the court requesting
25    renewal of the order and the court, after notice to the  parties  and  hearing
26    and  finding,  may renew the order if it finds such renewal necessary to safe-
27    guard the best interests of the child. Renewals may be made  during  minority,
28    but  no  order  shall have any force or effect beyond minority. The department
29    may petition the court at any time to vacate any order placing a child in  its
30    custody  or under its protective supervision, but must provide notice of hear-
31    ing to each parent having joint custody. Upon such renewal,  the  court  shall
32    expressly  include  in  its order determination of the permanency plan for the
33    child that includes whether,  and  if  applicable  when,  the  child  will  be
34    returned to the parent, placed for adoption and the state will file a petition
35    for  termination of parental rights, or referred for legal guardianship or, in
36    cases where compelling reasons exist that it would not be in the best interest
37    of the child to terminate parental rights, placed in another permanent  living
38    arrangement.
39        (d)  A decree vesting legal custody in an authorized agency other than the
40    department shall be, for an indeterminate period of time not to exceed one (1)
41    year from the date entered, but the court may extend the period of time during
42    the  child's  minority  upon a showing by the authorized agency that continued
43    custody or supervision is necessary for the best interests of the  child,  and
44    on  such  other terms as the court shall state in its decree to be in the best
45    interests of the child and which the court finds  to  be  acceptable  to  such
46    authorized agency.
47        (e)  In order to preserve the unity of the family system and to insure the
48    best interests of the child whether issuing an order of protective supervision
49    or an order of legal custody, the court may consider extending or initiating a
50    protective  order  as part of the decree. The protective order shall be deter-
51    mined as in the best interests of the child and upon a showing  of  continuing
52    danger to the child. The conditions and terms of the protective order shall be
53    clearly stated in the decree.
54        (f)  If the court does not find that the child comes within the purview of
55    this  chapter  pursuant to subsection (a) of this section it shall dismiss the


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Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                 RS08220
    
    Relating to child protection; amending section 16-1610, Idaho 
    Code, as amended by Senate Bill 1437, Second Regular Session of 
    the Fifty-Fourth Idaho Legislature, to correct typographical 
    errors.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    None
    
    CONTACT: Rep. Max Black
             332-1120
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
    Bill No. H 835