Chapter 587A — Chapter 587A

§587A-10 Relatives; foster placement. (a) The department shall provide a child's relative an application to be licensed as the child's resource family within fifteen days of the relative's request to provide foster placement for the child. The department shall issue a license onl…

§587A-11 Investigation; department powers. Upon receiving a report that a child is subject to imminent harm, has been harmed, or is subject to threatened harm, and when an assessment is required by this chapter, the department shall cause an investigation to be made as it deems t…

§587A-13 Summons and service of summons. (a) After a petition has been filed, the court shall issue a summons requiring the presence of the parents and other persons to be parties to the proceeding except the child, as follows: (b) The court may issue a summons to a parent or any…

§587A-21 Admissibility of evidence; testimony by a child. (a) Any statement relating to an allegation of imminent harm, harm, or threatened harm that a child has made to any person shall be admissible as evidence. (b) For orders for protective custody or in temporary foster custo…

§587A-27 Service plan. (a) The service plan shall provide: (b) Services and assistance to the family that are required by a service plan shall be presented in a manner that can be understood by and does not overwhelm the parties. (c) The court shall ensure that each term, conditi…

§587A-28 Return hearing. (a) When a petition has been filed, the court shall conduct a return hearing within fifteen days of: (b) At the return hearing, if it is established that a party required to be notified has not been served prior to the hearing, the court shall: (c) At a c…

§587A-3 REPEALED. L 2018, c 105, §3.

§587A-30 Periodic review hearing. (a) The court shall set a periodic review hearing to be conducted no later than six months after a child's date of entry into foster care. Thereafter, the court shall conduct periodic review hearings at intervals of no longer than six months unti…

§587A-31 Permanency hearing. (a) A permanency hearing shall be conducted within twelve months of the child's date of entry into foster care or within thirty days of a judicial determination that the child is an abandoned infant or that aggravated circumstances are present. A perm…

§587A-32 Permanent plan. (a) The permanent plan shall: (b) A permanent plan prepared for a periodic review hearing or a permanency hearing shall describe:

§587A-33 Termination of parental rights hearing. (a) At a termination of parental rights hearing, the court shall determine whether there exists clear and convincing evidence that: (b) If the court determines that the criteria set forth in subsection (a) are established by clear …

§587A-34 Reinstatement of parental rights. (a) A child who is subject to an active proceeding under this chapter, the child's guardian ad litem, the child's attorney, if any, or the department, may file a motion to reinstate the terminated parental rights of the child's parents i…

§587A-4 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Abandoned infant" means a child who is three years old or younger and: "Adjudication" means a finding by a court that is supported by a preponderance of the evidence that the child has …

PART II. JURISDICTION AND VENUE §587A-5 Jurisdiction. Pursuant to section 571‑11(9), the court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction:

§587A-8 Protective custody by police officer. (a) A police officer shall assume protective custody of a child: (b) The department shall assume temporary foster custody of the child when a police officer has completed the transfer of protective custody of the child to the departme…

§587A-9 Temporary foster custody. (a) The department shall assume temporary foster custody of a child: (b) If the department assumes temporary foster custody of a child, the department shall: (c) Upon the request of the department and without regard to parental consent, any physi…