78A-6-104. Concurrent jurisdiction -- District court and juvenile court.
(1) The district court or other court has concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile court as
follows:
(a) when a person who is 18 years of age or older and who is under the continuing
jurisdiction of the juvenile court under Section 78A-6-117 violates any federal, state, or local law
or municipal ordinance; and
(b) in establishing paternity and ordering testing for the purposes of establishing
paternity, in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 15, Utah Uniform Parentage Act, with regard to
proceedings initiated under Part 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings, or Part 5,
Termination of Parental Rights Act.
(2) The juvenile court has jurisdiction over petitions to modify a minor's birth certificate
if the court otherwise has jurisdiction over the minor.
(3) This section does not deprive the district court of jurisdiction to appoint a guardian
for a child, or to determine the support, custody, and parent-time of a child upon writ of habeas
corpus or when the question of support, custody, and parent-time is incidental to the
determination of a cause in the district court.
(4) (a) Where a support, custody, or parent-time award has been made by a district court
in a divorce action or other proceeding, and the jurisdiction of the district court in the case is
continuing, the juvenile court may acquire jurisdiction in a case involving the same child if the
child is dependent, abused, neglected, or otherwise comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court under Section 78A-6-103.
(b) The juvenile court may, by order, change the custody, subject to Subsection
30-3-10(4), support, parent-time, and visitation rights previously ordered in the district court as
necessary to implement the order of the juvenile court for the safety and welfare of the child.
The juvenile court order remains in effect so long as the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
continues.
(c) When a copy of the findings and order of the juvenile court has been filed with the
district court, the findings and order of the juvenile court are binding on the parties to the divorce
action as though entered in the district court.
(5) The juvenile court has jurisdiction over questions of custody, support, and
parent-time, of a minor who comes within the court's jurisdiction under this section or Section
78A-6-103.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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