H.B.
295
TAKING MINOR INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY WITHOUT WARRANT
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Amendments
Amendment 4 March 1, 2002 4:40 pm
Representative Wayne A. Harper
proposes the following amendments:
1. Page 1, Lines 10-11: After " exist" delete " and the circumstances present a
substantial, immediate threat to the health or safety of the
minor"
2. Page 2, Lines 39-43: Delete lines 39-43 and insert "(b) one or more of the following
circumstances exist: (i) there is imminent danger to the physical
health or safety of the minor, and the minor's physical health or
safety may not be protected without removing him from his parent's
custody; (ii) there is a substantial risk to the minor of being
physically or sexually abused by a parent, a member of the parent's
household, or other person known to the parent; (iii) the parent is
unwilling to have physical custody of the child; (iv) the minor has
been left without any provision for the minor's support; (v) a parent
who has been incarcerated or institutionalized has not or cannot
arrange for safe and appropriate care for the minor; (vi) a relative
or other adult custodian with whom the parent has left the minor is
unwilling or unable to provide care or support for the minor, the
whereabouts of the parent are unknown, and reasonable efforts to
locate the parent have been unsuccessful; or (vii) an infant has been
abandoned, as defined in Section 78-3a-313.5. "
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