H.B. 295
         TAKING MINOR INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY WITHOUT WARRANT

house floor 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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