80-3-111. Interstate compact -- Relative placement.
(1) If, for a relative placement, an interstate placement requested under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children has been initiated by the division or is ordered by or pending before the juvenile court, the court may not finalize a non-relative placement unless the court gives due weight to: the preferential consideration granted to a relative in Section; 80-3-302 the rebuttable presumption in Section; and 80-3-302 the division's placement authority under Subsectionsand. 80-1-102(51) 80-3-303(1)
(2) Nothing in this section affects the ability of a foster parent to petition the juvenile court under Subsection. 80-3-502(3)