Special consideration in certain cases
§ 1049. Special consideration in certain cases. In scheduling hearings and investigations, the court shall give priority to proceedings under this article involving abuse or in which a child has been removed from home before a final order of disposition. Any adjournment granted in the course of such a proceeding should be for as short a time as is practicable.
The court gives priority to abuse cases and cases where the child has been removed pre-disposition; adjournments should be as short as practicable. ★
## PART 5 — ORDERS
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.