A. A request may be made by a petitioner pursuant to this section for classification as a special immigrant juvenile as provided in 8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(27)(J), in conjunction with a petition for any determination on the care and custody of a child.B. The application or petition for classification as a special immigrant juvenile shall set forth the facts necessary to establish eligibility pursuant to this section.History: Laws 2023, ch. 134, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2023, ch. 134, § 6 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 5, 2023.Applicability. — Laws 2023, ch. 134, § 5 provided that the provisions of Laws 2023, ch. 134 shall apply retroactively to any child deemed by a state court order to be an abused child, neglected child or abandoned child from the time the child received the order; provided that the petition is subject to denial or revocation by a federal immigration agency based on the child's dependency status or age when the special findings were issued.
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