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IN SB0151
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Lonnie Randolph
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AI Summary
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Courts must grant foster parent petitions to intervene in Child in Need of Services (CHINS) proceedings when the foster parent has filed to adopt the child or when a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed
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Foster parents, long-term foster parents, and former foster parents may petition to intervene as parties in CHINS periodic case review proceedings
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Courts retain discretionary authority to grant intervention petitions based on the child's best interests in cases not meeting the mandatory criteria
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Foster parents with substantiated child abuse/neglect reports or convictions for nonwaivable offenses are prohibited from petitioning to intervene
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Foster parent intervention in CHINS proceeding. Requires the court conducting a periodic case review of a child in need of services to grant a petition to intervene in the proceeding filed by a foster parent, long term foster parent, or former foster parent of the child if: (1) the foster parent, long term foster parent, or former foster parent has filed a petition to adopt the child; or (2) a petition has been filed to terminate the parent-child relationship of the child and the child's parents.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/3/2019