8-826

8-826. Further hearings and proceedings

If a parent or guardian denies the allegations at the preliminary protective hearing
the court may set the date for the dependency adjudication hearing as to that parent or
guardian. An initial dependency hearing shall not be held as to that parent or
guardian. The court shall also schedule the settlement conference, pretrial conference
or mediation that is prescribed in section 8-844. The court shall also instruct the
parent or guardian that the failure to appear at the pretrial conference, settlement
conference or dependency adjudication hearing may result in an adjudication of dependency
and disposition as to the parent or guardian who does not appear.