| Neb. Rev. Stat.
§ 43-1301
Nebraska
Revised Statutes of 1943
Chapter
43. Infants and Juveniles
Article
13. Foster Care
(A)
Foster Care Review Act
§
43-1301. Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Foster
Care Review Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Local board shall
mean a local foster care review board created pursuant to section 43-1304;
(2) State board shall
mean the State Foster Care Review Board created pursuant to section 43-1302;
(3) Foster care facility
shall mean any foster home, group home, child care facility, public agency,
private agency, or any other person or entity receiving and caring for
foster children;
(4)
Foster care placements shall mean all placements of juveniles as described
in subdivision (3)(b) of section 43-247, placements of neglected, dependent,
or delinquent children, including those made directly by parents or by
third parties, and placements of children who have been voluntarily relinquished
pursuant to section 43-106.01 to the Department of Health and Human Services
or any child placement agency licensed by the Department of Health and
Human Services;
(5) Person or court in
charge of the child shall mean (a) the Department of Health and Human
Services, an association, or an individual who has been made the guardian
of a neglected, dependent, or delinquent child by the court and has the
responsibility of the care of the child and has the authority by and with
the assent of the court to place such a child in a suitable family home
or institution or has been entrusted with the care of the child by a voluntary
placement made by a parent or legal guardian, (b) the court which has
jurisdiction over the child, or (c) the entity having jurisdiction over
the child pursuant to the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act;
(6) Voluntary placement
shall mean the placement by a parent or legal guardian who
relinquishes the possession and care of a child to a third party, individual,
or agency;
(7) Family unit shall
mean the social unit consisting of the foster child and the parent or
parents or any person in the relationship of a parent, including a grandparent,
and any siblings with whom the foster child legally resided prior to placement
in foster care;
(8) Child-caring agency
shall have the definition found in section 71-1902; and
(9) Child-placing agency
shall have the definition found in section 71-1902.
Source: Laws 1982, LB
714, § 1; Laws 1985, LB 255, § 40; Laws 1985, LB 447, §
36; Laws 1987, LB 239, § 1; Laws 1990, LB 1222, § 4; Laws 1996,
LB 1044, § 194; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 75.
CROSS REFERENCE
Nebraska Indian Child
Welfare Act, see section 43-1501.
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