Report on the Child Welfare Statutory Time Requirements

The Juvenile Court Act of the State of Utah has certain time requirements for Child Welfare proceedings.  Utah Code Ann. 78A-6-306(1)(a) addresses shelter hearings, 78A-6-309 addresses pretrial and adjudication hearings, 78A-6-312 addresses dispositional hearings and reunification services, and 78A-6-314 addresses permanency hearings and petitions for termination.

Each year the Judicial Branch reports its compliance with the time requirements to the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel.  The report also addresses any reasons for non-compliance.

You can download a copy of the Report for the Fiscal Year 2013 HERE.

Below is an overview of the compliance from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

	Statutory Deadline	Incident Count	Compliant	Not Compliant	Percent Compliant
Shelter	3 days	1343	1321	22	98%
Child Welfare Proceeding Pretrial	15 days	1646	1618	28	98%
Child Welfare Proceedings Adjudication	60 days	1648	1600	48	97%
Child Welfare Proceeding Disposition	30 days	1622	1536	86	95%
No Reunification to Permancy Hearing	30 days	243	218	25	90%
Permanency Hearing <36 Months	8 months	357	347	10	97%
Permanency Hearing >36 Months	12 months	784	728	56	93%
Termination Pretrial	45 days	510	416	94	82%
Removal to Decision on Petition to Terminate	18 months	303	268	35	88%
PSS Pretrial	15 days	1346	1291	55	96%
PSS Adjudication	60 days	1230	1172	58	95%