REVIEW OF DISPOSITIONAL ORDERS IN JUVENILE CASES

RSA tit. XII, ch. 169-G

in effect

RSA 169-G:2 Application for Review.

169-G:2. Application for Review. I. The department of health and human services may file with the clerk of the district court or the judicial branch family division court where the dispositional order was issued an application for review of the order by the review panel. The application shall be filed within 7 days after the date of the dispositional order, but not thereafter except for good cause shown. The filing of an application for review shall stay the implementation of the dispositional order. II. Upon issuance of the dispositional order, the clerk shall give oral and written notice to the department of health and human services of its right to make such a request. A form for making the application shall accompany the notice. If an application is filed, the clerk shall forthwith transmit it to the review panel and shall notify the administrative justice and judge who issued the dispositional order of the filing. III. The judge who issued the dispositional order may transmit to the review panel a statement of the reasons for the dispositional order and shall transmit such a statement within 7 days if requested to do so by the review panel. Source. 1995, 308:87; 310:181. 1999, 266:10. 2001, 286:6. 2007, 236:24, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

RSA 169-G:3 Review Procedure.

169-G:3. Review Procedure. I. The review panel has jurisdiction to consider a request for review of the dispositional order of the court with or without a hearing; to review the dispositional order; to amend the dispositional order by substituting therefor a different appropriate order or orders; or to make any other disposition of the case. II. The review panel may require the production of any records, documents, exhibits, or other things connected with the proceedings. The district court and the judicial branch family division shall by rule establish forms for review under this chapter and may by rule make such other regulations of procedure relative to such review, consistent with law, as justice requires. III. The decision of the review panel shall be rendered within 21 days from the date of receipt of the application for review. Source. 1995, 308:87. 2007, 236:25, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

RSA 169-G:4 Amendment of Dispositional Orders.

169-G:4. Amendment of Dispositional Orders. If the dispositional order is amended by an order substituting a different order or disposition of the case, the review panel shall make any other disposition of the case in accordance with the order of the review panel. Source. 1995, 308:87, eff. July 1, 1995.

RSA 169-G:5 Records.

169-G:5. Records. The secretary-clerk shall attend all sittings of the review panel; shall record all appointments to the panel, notifying the clerks of the district courts or judicial branch family division courts of such appointments; and shall record the proceedings of the panel. Source. 1995, 308:87. 2007, 236:26, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

RSA 169-G:6 Quarterly Reports.

169-G:6. Quarterly Reports. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall make quarterly reports to the house committee on judiciary and family law and the house finance committee containing statistical analysis on the use of RSA 169-D and voluntary service programs. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the costs including transaction costs incurred for services, programs, and placements provided, parental reimbursements collected, the number of out-of-state placements and the costs of such placements, and a comparison of such with the same statistics from the same quarter of the prior 2 fiscal years, and the number of appeals taken to the review panel by the department and the results thereof. The first report shall be due October 1, 1995. Source. 1995, 308:87; 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

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