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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1308
Nebraska
Revised Statutes of 1943
Chapter
43. Infants and Juveniles
Article
13. Foster Care
(A)
Foster Care Review Act
§
43-1308. State or local board; powers and duties.
(1) Except as otherwise
provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, the state board or
designated local board shall:
(a) Review at least once
every six months the case of each child in a foster care placement to
determine what efforts have been made to carry out the plan or permanency
plan for rehabilitation of the foster child and family unit or for permanent
placement of such child pursuant to section 43-1312;
(b) Submit to the court
having jurisdiction over such child for the purposes of foster care placement,
within thirty days after the review, its findings and recommendations
regarding the efforts and progress made to carry out the plan or permanency
plan established pursuant to section 43-1312 together with any other
recommendations it chooses to make regarding the child. The findings and
recommendations shall include whether there is a need for continued out-of-home
placement, whether the current placement is safe and appropriate, the
specific reasons for the findings and recommendations, including factors,
opinions, and rationale considered in its review, whether the grounds
for termination of parental rights under section 43-292 appear to exist,
and the date of the next review by the state board or designated local
board;
(c) If the return of the
child to his or her parents is not likely, recommend referral for adoption
and termination of parental rights, guardianship, placement with a relative,
or, as a last resort, another planned, permanent living arrangement; and
(d) Promote and encourage
stability and continuity in foster care by discouraging unnecessary changes
in the placement of foster children and by encouraging the recruitment
of foster parents who may be eligible as adoptive parents.
(2) When the state board
determines that the interests of a child in a foster care placement would
be served thereby, the state board may request a review hearing
as provided for in section 43-1313.
Source: Laws 1982, LB
714, § 8; Laws 1985, LB 255, § 41; Laws 1990, LB 1222, §
7; Laws 1998, LB 1041, § 38.
CROSS REFERENCE
Nebraska Indian Child
Welfare Act, see section 43-1501.
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