Chapter 620 - DEPENDENCY, NEGLECT, AND ABUSE
- Section 620.010 - Legislative purpose
- Section 620.020 - Definitions for chapter
- Section 620.023 - Evidence to be considered in determining the best interest of a child
- Section 620.025 - Jurisdictional precedence
- Section 620.027 - District Court's concurrent jurisdiction for child custody and visitation in permanent placement cases
- Section 620.029 - Duties of cabinet relating to children who are victims of human trafficking - Reporting requirements
- Section 620.030 - Duty to report dependency, neglect, abuse, human trafficking, or female genital mutilation - Husband-wife and professional-client/patient privileges not grounds for refusal to report - Statewide reporting system - Exceptions - Penalties
- Section 620.032 - Annual report by cabinet detailing reports received regarding female genital mutilation - Monthly report by cabinet detailing child protective services intakes received
- Section 620.040 - Duties of prosecutor, police, and cabinet - Prohibition as to school personnel - Procedures - Military status of parent or legal guardian - Multidisciplinary teams
- Section 620.045 - Funding for regional children's advocacy center
- Section 620.048 - Cabinet to file petition within 72 hours if child remains placed outside of home during child protective services investigation - Cabinet to report on safety plans
- Section 620.050 - Immunity for good-faith actions or reports - Investigations - Confidentiality of reports - Exceptions - Parent's access to records - Sharing of information by children's advocacy centers - Confidentiality of interview with child - Exceptions - Confidentiality of identifying information regarding reporting individual - Internal review and report - Waiver - Medical diagnostic procedures - Sharing information with relatives - Interaction among siblings who are not jointly placed
- Section 620.051 - Background check of child abuse and neglect records - Fee - Central registry - Administrative regulations
- Section 620.052 - Provision of information to parent or legal guardian concerning community service programs for families in crisis when child protection investigation does not result in out-of-home placement of a child
- Section 620.055 - External child fatality and near fatality review panel - Creation - Members - Meetings - Duties - Responsibilities - Information required to be provided to members - Report and response - Annual reports - Confidentiality - Destruction of information following conclusion of panel's examination - Application of open records and open meetings law - Limitation of liability - Proceedings are privileged - Annual evaluation of panel's work
- Section 620.060 - Emergency custody orders
- Section 620.070 - Dependency, neglect, or abuse action - Service of petition and summons - Contents of summons
- Section 620.072 - Unannounced home visits concerning abused or neglected child - Conditions requiring - Request for assistance in gaining access to child
- Section 620.080 - Temporary removal hearing
- Section 620.090 - Temporary custody orders
- Section 620.095 - Restriction on placement of nonoffender
- Section 620.100 - Appointment of separate counsel - Court-appointed special advocate volunteer - Full adjudicatory hearing - Notice of proceedings - Separate counsel to advise cabinet employee
- Section 620.110 - Petition for immediate entitlement to custody
- Section 620.120 - Criminal charges tried separately
- Section 620.125 - Testimony in adjudication not admissible in criminal proceeding except for purposes of impeachment
- Section 620.130 - Alternatives to removal from custody
- Section 620.140 - Dispositional alternatives
- Section 620.142 - Custodial, permanency, and service options available to relative or fictive kin caregiver of an abused, neglected, or dependent child - Application timeframe for relative or fictive kin caregiver to become a relative or fictive kin foster parent
- Section 620.145 - Cabinet's assessment of child's educational needs
- Section 620.146 - Notice to be given to school personnel of persons authorized to contact or remove a child of whom the cabinet has custody from school grounds
- Section 620.150 - Visitation
- Section 620.155 - Appeals
- Section 620.157 - [Repealed]
- Section 620.160 - Motion to seal child's record
- Section 620.170 - Voluntary commitments
- Section 620.180 - Administrative regulations
- Section 620.190 - Citizen foster care review boards - Local citizen foster care review boards
- Section 620.200 - Support services for local citizen foster care review boards
- Section 620.210 - Training of board members
- Section 620.220 - Information to Administrative Office of the Courts Citizen Foster Care Review Board Program
- Section 620.230 - Case permanency plans
- Section 620.240 - Case progress reports
- Section 620.250 - Local citizen foster care review board's access to records
- Section 620.260 - Conflict of interest
- Section 620.270 - Scope of review of local citizen foster care review board - Regional forums
- Section 620.280 - Employees of cabinet and other agencies to appear at local board meetings
- Section 620.290 - Board's findings and recommendations - Report on children frequently moved
- Section 620.300 - [Repealed]
- Section 620.310 - State Citizen Foster Care Review Board established
- Section 620.320 - Duties of State Citizen Foster Care Review Board
- Section 620.330 - Support services for State Citizen Foster Care Review Board
- Section 620.340 - Reports from local boards to state board
- Section 620.345 - [Repealed]
- Section 620.350 - Abandoned newborn infant - Emergency custody order - No investigation of abandonment - Placement in foster home - Inquiry to ensure that infant is not missing child - Involuntary termination of parental rights
- Section 620.355 - Information form for person who leaves infant - Media campaign
- Section 620.360 - Rights and responsibilities of foster parents - Training of person investigating abuse or neglect in foster homes - Foster parent approval - Nonliability of cabinet
- Section 620.363 - Rights of foster child
- Section 620.365 - Notification when child in foster care is to be moved or reunified with family
- COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (§§ 620.500 — 620.550)
- PENALTY (§ 620.990)