Eighth Cir. — DIVISION/CIRCUIT-WIDE - Juvenile: Hearings

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Special Set HearingsEighth Judicial Circuit, Judicial Waiver of Parental Notice of Termination of Pregnancy (pp. PDF page 2) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

1 verbatim requirement on hearings.

Applies to

Eighth Judicial Circuit — DIVISION/CIRCUIT-WIDE - Juvenile only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • AO 6.04 (v1) Page 2 Judicial Waiver of Parental Notice of Termination of Pregnancy Effective: July 16, 2012 whom she can receive notices if the court must provide notice at a time, or in a manner, that does not depend upon her to contact the clerk’s office personally. 4. When a petition is filed, the clerk shall open a file and assign a new case number, provide the minor with a certified copy of the minor’s Sworn Statement of True Name and Pseudonym, and provide the minor with the Advisory Notice to Minor. 5. The clerk shall immediately present the petition to the court for scheduling of the hearing and appointment of counsel, if requested. The clerk shall then provide notice of the hearing to the minor. If it is not possible for the clerk to provide immediate notice at the time the minor files the petition, the clerk shall provide notice through the method elected by the minor in the petition. 6. No filing fees or court costs shall be required of any pregnant minor who files a petition pursuant to the Act. HEARING 7. The judge shall advise the minor that she has a right to court-appointed counsel, and shall provide her with counsel upon her request, at no cost to her. 8. The judge shall conduct an informal hearing on the petition, and shall make a ruling with written findings of fact and conclusions of law within 3 business days of the filing of the petition. The 3-business-day time limit may be extended at the request of the minor. If no order is entered within the 3-business-day period and an extension has not been requested, the minor may immediately petition the chief judge for a hearing. The chief judge must ensure that a hearing is held within 48 hours after receipt of the minor’s petition and an order is entered within 24 hours after the hearing. If the circuit court does not grant judicial waiver of notice, the minor has a right to appeal. 9. All hearings conducted pursuant to the Act shall be recorded, and the court must provide for a written transcript of all testimony and proceedings.

Source of truth

AO 6.04 (v1) Page 2 Judicial Waiver of Parental Notice of Termination of Pregnancy Effective: July 16, 2012 whom she can receive notices if the court must provide notice at a time, or in a manner, that does not depend upon her to contact the clerk’s office personally. 4. When a petition is filed, the clerk shall open a file and assign a new case number, provide the minor with a certified copy of the minor’s Sworn Statement of True Name and Pseudonym, and provide the minor with the Advisory Notice to Minor. 5. The clerk shall immediately present the petition to the court for scheduling of the hearing and appointment of counsel, if requested. The clerk shall then provide notice of the hearing to the minor. If it is not possible for the clerk to provide immediate notice at the time the minor files the petition, the clerk shall provide notice through the method elected by the minor in the pe

Official source: 8th Circuit — Administrative Orders
Source health: Healthy · checked July 24, 2026
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Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Source sha256: b4c018d8ec380207426861309809ea51de486764052914d326212e158e267753. Corpus categories: ARGUMENT_OR_HEARING_TIME. Operative status as recorded: CURRENT_DIRECTORY_CURRENT_VERSION. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.