§334-124  Hearing date.  The family court shall set a hearing date on a petition, and any subsequent hearing dates for the petition, as soon as possible but no later than ten days after the filing of the petition.  A hearing on the petition may be continued pending further examination of the subject of the petition, for the appointment of a guardian ad litem, or for good cause. [L 1984, c 251, pt of §1; am L 2013, c 221, §10; am L 2015, c 231, §2; am L 2023, c 153, §2; am L 2025, c 219, §16]