Utah Code Title 80. Utah Juvenile Code § 80-3-505. Petition for special findings for at-risk noncitizen child

(a) “At-risk” means there is reasonable cause to suspect that:

(b) “Noncitizen child” means an unmarried individual:

(c) “Dependent on the court” means subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile or district court to make decisions concerning the protection, well-being, care, and custody of a noncitizen child for findings, orders, or referrals to:

(d) “Similar circumstances” means a condition or conditions that have an effect on a noncitizen child comparable to abuse, neglect, or abandonment, including the death of a parent.

(a) the noncitizen child:

(b) the noncitizen child has suffered from abuse, neglect, abandonment, or similar circumstances;

(c) the noncitizen child may not be viably reunified with one or both of the noncitizen child's parents due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or similar circumstances; and

(d) the noncitizen child may not be returned to the noncitizen child's, or the noncitizen child's parent's, country of origin or country of last habitual residence because it is not in the best interest of the child.

(a) the health, safety, and welfare of the child to be the paramount concern for the noncitizen child; and

(b) whether the present and past living conditions will adversely affect the noncitizen child's physical, mental, or emotional health.

(7)(a) The juvenile court may refer a noncitizen child who is the subject of a petition for special findings under this section for psychiatric, psychological, educational, occupational, medical, dental, or social services or for protection against human trafficking or domestic violence.

(b) A noncitizen child's participation in a referred service under Subsection (7)(a) is voluntary.

(a) limit a noncitizen child from petitioning for special findings under any other provision of law or from any other rights and remedies available to the child under any other provision of law;

(b) limit the juvenile court from issuing similar findings of fact for a noncitizen child in any other proceeding concerning the noncitizen child; or

(c) constitute an adjudication for abuse, neglect, or dependency under this chapter.