| | | 1.__Mandated permanency planning hearing.__Unless subsequent | | judicial reviews are not required pursuant to section 4038, | | subsection 1-A, the District Court shall conduct a permanency | | planning hearing and shall determine a permanency plan within the | | earlier of: |
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| | | A.__Thirty days after a court order to cease reunification; | | or |
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| | | B.__Twelve months after the time a child is considered to | | have entered foster care.__For the purposes of this | | paragraph, a child is considered to have entered foster care | | on the date of the first judicial finding that the child has | | been subjected to child abuse or neglect or on the 60th day | | after removal of the child from home, whichever occurs | | first. |
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| | | 2.__Subsequent permanency planning hearings.__Unless | | subsequent judicial reviews are not required pursuant to section | | 4038, subsection 1-A, the District Court shall conduct a | | permanency planning hearing within 12 months of the date of any | | prior permanency planning order. |
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| | | 3.__Permanency planning orders.__After each permanency | | planning hearing, the District Court shall adopt a permanency | | plan for a child that complies with subsection 4.__The court | | shall enter the order within the time limitations contained in | | subsection 1 or 2, whichever is applicable to the permanency | | planning hearing. |
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| | | 4.__Contents of permanency plan.__A permanency plan for a | | child under this section must contain determinations on the | | following issues. |
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| | | A. The permanency plan must determine whether and when, if | | applicable, the child will be: |
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| | | (1) Returned to a parent. Before the court may enter an | | order returning the custody of the child to a parent, | | the parent must show that the parent has carried out | | the responsibilities set forth in section 4041, | | subsection 1-A, paragraph B; that to the court's | | satisfaction the parent has rectified and resolved the | | problems that caused the removal of the child from home | | and any subsequent problems that would interfere with | | the parent's ability to care for the child and protect | | the child from jeopardy; and that the parent can | | protect the child from jeopardy; |
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