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Utah Code § 80-6-607

Case planning and appropriate responses

Amended by Chapter 208, 2024 General Session; End date 7/1/2026

(1) For a minor adjudicated and placed on probation under Section 80-6-702 or committed to the division under Section 80-6-703 , a case plan shall be created and:

(a) developed in collaboration with the minor and the minor's family;

(b) individualized to the minor;

(c) informed by the results of a validated risk and needs assessment under Section 80-6-606; and

(d) tailored to the minor's offense and history.

(2)

(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the division shall develop a statewide system of appropriate responses to guide responses to the behaviors of minors:

(i) undergoing nonjudicial adjustments;

(ii) whose case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; and

(iii) in the custody of the division.

(b) The system of responses shall include both sanctions and incentives that:

(i) are swift and certain;

(ii) include a continuum of community based responses for minors living at home;

(iii) target a minor's criminogenic risks and needs, as determined by the results of a validated risk and needs assessment under Section 80-6-606, and the severity of the violation; and

(iv) authorize earned discharge credits as one incentive for compliance.

(c) After considering the juvenile disposition guidelines, as defined in Section 63M-7-401.1, the system of appropriate responses under Subsections (2)(a) and (b) shall be developed.

(3)

(a) A response to compliant or noncompliant behavior under Subsection (2) shall be documented in the minor's case plan.

(b) Documentation under Subsection (3)(a) shall include:

(i) positive behaviors and incentives offered;

(ii) violations and corresponding sanctions; and

(iii) whether the minor has a subsequent violation after a sanction.

(4) Before referring a minor to a juvenile court for judicial review, or to the authority if the minor is under the jurisdiction of the authority, in response to a contempt filing under Section 78A-6-353 or an order to show cause, a pattern of appropriate responses shall be documented in the minor's case plan in accordance with Subsections (3)(a) and (b) .

(5) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), if a minor violates a protective order or an ex parte protective order listed in Section 78B-7-803, the violation may be filed directly with the juvenile court.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.