1.    Upon confirmation that a child meets the definition of an abused or neglected child, the department promptly shall make a written report of the decision to the juvenile court having jurisdiction in the matter.

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-25.1-05.2

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37

2.    The department promptly shall file a report of a decision that a child meets the definition of an abused or neglected child under this section in the child abuse information index after the time to appeal the confirmed or confirmed with unknown subject decision has expired.

3.    The department may not file a report of a decision that a child meets the definition of neglected child in the child abuse information index for a decision exclusively based on educational neglect.