Idaho § 16-1616 INVESTIGATION

Idaho Statutes

§ 16-1616 — INVESTIGATION

Idaho § 16-1616

Title 16JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS

Ch. 16CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT

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Idaho Code § 16-1616 (2026).

Text

(1)After a petition has been filed, the department shall investigate the circumstances of the child and his family and prepare a written report to the court.

(2)The report shall be delivered to the court with copies to each of the parties prior to the pretrial conference for the adjudicatory hearing. If delivered by mail the report must be received by the court and the parties prior to the pretrial conference for the adjudicatory hearing. The report shall contain a social evaluation of the child and the parents or other legal custodian and such other information as the court shall require.

(3)The report shall not be considered by the court for purposes of determining whether the child comes within the jurisdiction of the act. The report may be admitted into evidence at the adjudicatory

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(1) After a petition has been filed, the department shall investigate the circumstances of the child and his family and prepare a written report to the court.
(2) The report shall be delivered to the court with copies to each of the parties prior to the pretrial conference for the adjudicatory hearing. If delivered by mail the report must be received by the court and the parties prior to the pretrial conference for the adjudicatory hearing. The report shall contain a social evaluation of the child and the parents or other legal custodian and such other information as the court shall require.
(3) The report shall not be considered by the court for purposes of determining whether the child comes within the jurisdiction of the act. The report may be admitted into evidence at the adjudicatory hearing for other purposes.

Legislative History

[(16-1616) 16-1609, added 1976, ch. 204, sec. 2, p. 738; am. 1982, ch. 186, sec. 9, p. 497; am. 1996, ch. 272, sec. 7, p. 891; am. 2001, ch. 107, sec. 9, p. 360; am. and redesig. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 18, p. 1279.]