Legislative Description

To permit a court to grant a motion for permanent custody of a child to a movant if the child or another child in the custody of the parent has been adjudicated an abused, neglected, or dependent child on three separate occasions, to require the guardian ad litem for an alleged or adjudicated abused, neglected, or dependent child to file any motions and other court papers in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court, to require court appointed special advocates and guardian ad litems to report suspected child abuse or neglect, to require foster caregivers to use a reasonable and prudent parent standard when authorizing a foster child to participate in activities, to require the department of job and family services to adopt rules that establish policies and procedures for determining when a foster child or an alleged or adjudicated abused, neglected, or dependent child subject to out-of-home care may participate in certain activities, to exempt a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency from civil liability that results from a foster caregiver's or agency's decisions using a reasonable and prudent parent standard, to limit the circumstances under which a child is placed into a planned permanent living arrangement, to extend the period for incentive payments under the kinship permanency incentive program, and to provide factors for a person or facility to consider when determining if an alleged or adjudicated abused, neglected, or dependent child subject to out-of-home care is able to participate in certain activities.

Permanent child custody/guardians ad litem/ foster caregivers

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