Text: HF02185 Text: HF02187 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 232.120 PREADOPTIVE CARE 1 2 CONTINUED PLACEMENT. 1 3 If a foster parent is providing preadoptive care to a child 1 4 for whom a termination of parental rights petition has been 1 5 filed, the placement of the child with that foster parent 1 6 shall continue through the termination of parental rights 1 7 proceeding unless the court orders otherwise based upon the 1 8 best interests of the child. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill requires the continued placement of a child with 1 11 a foster parent who is a prospective adoptive parent for the 1 12 child during a termination of parental rights proceeding 1 13 unless the court orders otherwise based upon the best 1 14 interests of the child. The bill refers to a foster parent 1 15 providing preadoptive care which is defined by the juvenile 1 16 justice code as "provision of parental nurturing on a full- 1 17 time basis to a child in foster care by a person who has 1 18 signed a preadoptive placement agreement with the department 1 19 of human services for the purposes of proceeding with a legal 1 20 adoption of the child". Parental nurturing includes but is 1 21 not limited to furnishing of food, lodging, training, 1 22 education, treatment, and other care. 1 23 LSB 3865YH 77 1 24 jp/jl/8
Text: HF02185 Text: HF02187 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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