Utah Code Title 80. Utah Juvenile Code § 80-3-303. Post-shelter hearing placement of a child in division's temporary custody

(a) except as provided in Subsections (2)(b) and (e), shall comply with the applicable background check provisions described in Section 80-3-302;

(b) is not required to receive approval from the juvenile court before making the placement;

(c) shall consider the preferential consideration and rebuttable presumption described in Subsection 80-3-302(7)(a);

(d) shall, within three days, excluding weekends and holidays, after the day on which the placement is made, give written notice to the juvenile court, and the parties to the proceedings, that the placement has been made;

(e) may place the child with a noncustodial parent, relative, or friend, using the same criteria established for an emergency placement under Section 80-2a-301, pending the results of:

(f) shall take into consideration the will of the child, if the child is of sufficient maturity to articulate the child's wishes in relation to the child's placement.

(a) make written findings explaining why the division's decision differs from the child's wishes; and

(b) provide the written findings to the juvenile court and the child's attorney guardian ad litem.

(4)(a) If, for a relative placement, an interstate placement requested under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children has been initiated by the division or is ordered by or pending before the juvenile court, the court may not finalize a non-relative placement unless the court gives due weight to:

(b) Nothing in this section affects the ability of a foster parent to petition the juvenile court under Subsection 80-3-502(3).