Introduced
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To require a lawyer appointed by a family court to represent a child in a case involving neglect or abandonment to review an agency case file before a hearing for termination of parental rights; specify the instances in which the lawyer would have to meet with and observe a child; and revise the time frame for a foster care review board to investigate a change in foster care placement after the foster care parents appealed the change.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one containing technical changes, and adding a provision that allow a child to be placed with the parent of a man whom the court had probable cause to believe was the putative father, if there were no other man with legally established rights to the child.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To require a lawyer appointed by a family court to represent a child in a case involving neglect or abandonment to review an agency case file before a hearing for termination of parental rights; specify the instances in which the lawyer would have to meet with and observe a child; allow a child to be placed with the parent of a man believed to be the putative father in some cases; and revise the time frame for a foster care review board to investigate a change in foster care placement after the foster care parents appealed the change.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the House 102 to 0 (details)
To require a lawyer appointed by a family court to represent a child in a case involving neglect or abandonment to review an agency case file before a hearing for termination of parental rights; specify the instances in which the lawyer would have to meet with and observe a child; allow a child to be placed with the parent of a man believed to be the putative father in some cases; and revise the time frame for a foster care review board to investigate a change in foster care placement after the foster care parents appealed the change.
