78A-6-515. Mental health therapist.
(1) When a mental health practitioner is to be appointed in a parental rights action to
evaluate the mental health of a parent or a child, or to provide mental health services to a parent
or a child, the court:
(a) may appoint any mental health therapist, as defined in Section 58-60-102, which the
court finds to be qualified;
(b) may not refuse to appoint a mental health therapist for the reason that the therapist's
recommendations in another case have not followed the recommendations of the Division of
Child and Family Services or the Office of the Guardian Ad Litem; and
(c) shall give strong consideration to the parent's or guardian's wishes regarding the
selection of a mental health therapist.
(2) This section applies to all juvenile court proceedings involving:
(a) parents and children; or
(b) the Division of Child and Family Services.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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