260C.193 DISPOSITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Dismissal of petition. Whenever the court finds that the minor is not within the jurisdiction of the court or that the facts alleged in the petition have not been proved, it shall dismiss the petition. Subd. 2. Consideration of reports. Before making a disposition in a case, terminating parental […]
260C.201 DISPOSITIONS; CHILDREN IN NEED OF PROTECTION OR SERVICES OR NEGLECTED AND IN FOSTER CARE. Subdivision 1. Dispositions. (a) If the court finds that the child is in need of protection or services or neglected and in foster care, the court shall enter an order making any of the following dispositions of the case: (1) […]
260C.202 COURT REVIEW OF FOSTER CARE. (a) If the court orders a child placed in foster care, the court shall review the out-of-home placement plan and the child’s placement at least every 90 days as required in juvenile court rules to determine whether continued out-of-home placement is necessary and appropriate or whether the child should […]
260C.203 ADMINISTRATIVE OR COURT REVIEW OF PLACEMENTS. (a) Unless the court is conducting the reviews required under section 260C.202, there shall be an administrative review of the out-of-home placement plan of each child placed in foster care no later than 180 days after the initial placement of the child in foster care and at least […]
260C.204 PERMANENCY PROGRESS REVIEW FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE FOR SIX MONTHS. (a) When a child continues in placement out of the home of the parent or guardian from whom the child was removed, no later than six months after the child’s placement the court shall conduct a permanency progress hearing to review: (1) the […]
260C.208 INFORMATION FOR CHILD PLACEMENT. Subdivision 1. Agency with placement authority. An agency with legal responsibility for the placement of a child may request and shall receive all information pertaining to the child that it considers necessary to appropriately carry out its duties. That information must include educational, medical, psychological, psychiatric, and social or family […]
260C.209 BACKGROUND CHECKS. Subdivision 1. Subjects. The responsible social services agency may have access to the criminal history and history of child and adult maltreatment on the following individuals: (1) a noncustodial parent or nonadjudicated parent who is being assessed for purposes of providing day-to-day care of a child temporarily or permanently under section 260C.219 […]
260C.212 CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT. Subdivision 1. Out-of-home placement; plan. (a) An out-of-home placement plan shall be prepared within 30 days after any child is placed in foster care by court order or a voluntary placement agreement between the responsible social services agency and the child’s parent pursuant to section 260C.227 or chapter 260D. (b) An […]
260C.215 WELFARE OF CHILDREN. Subdivision 1. Recruitment of foster families. Each authorized child-placing agency shall make special efforts to recruit a foster family from among the child’s relatives, except as authorized in section 260C.193, subdivision 3. In recruiting placements for each child, the agency must focus on that child’s particular needs and the capacities of […]
260C.219 AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT. Subdivision 1. Responsibilities for parents; noncustodial parents. (a) When a child is in foster care, the responsible social services agency shall make diligent efforts to identify, locate, and, where appropriate, offer services to both parents of the child. (b) The responsible social services agency shall assess […]
260C.221 RELATIVE SEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT; PLACEMENT CONSIDERATION. Subdivision 1. Relative search requirements. (a) The responsible social services agency shall exercise due diligence to identify and notify adult relatives and current caregivers of a child’s sibling, prior to placement or within 30 days after the child’s removal from the parent, regardless of whether a child is […]
260C.223 CONCURRENT PERMANENCY PLANNING. Subdivision 1. Program; goals. (a) The commissioner of human services shall establish a program for concurrent permanency planning for child protection services. (b) Concurrent permanency planning involves a planning process for children who are placed out of the home of their parents pursuant to a court order, or who have been […]
260C.225 COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL SERVICES PLANS. When a child is subject to a court dispositional order resulting in an out-of-home placement potentially exceeding 30 days in a residential program under this chapter, the county in which the court is located is responsible for monitoring the implementation of a transitional service plan upon the child’s […]
260C.227 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE; REQUIRED COURT REVIEW. (a) When the responsible social services agency and the child’s parent or guardian agree that the child’s safety, health, and best interests require that the child be in foster care, the agency and the parent or guardian may enter into a voluntary agreement for the placement of the […]
260C.228 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE; CHILD IS COLOCATED WITH PARENT IN TREATMENT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Generally. When a parent requests assistance from an agency and both the parent and agency agree that a child’s placement in foster care and colocation with a parent in a licensed residential family-based substance use treatment facility as defined by section […]
260C.229 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN OVER AGE 18; REQUIRED COURT REVIEW. (a) When a child asks to continue or to reenter foster care after age 18 under section 260C.451, the child and the responsible social services agency may enter into a voluntary agreement for the child to be in foster care under the terms […]
