Extension Permanency

Overall, there are typically more than one permanency hearing in a CPS case, however. About four months after the first permanency hearing, the second permanency hearing is typically the occasion on which you can expect to hear from the judge on whether your child can be returned to your home on a permanent basis.

Permanency hearings are held to decide if progress is being made on a case plan. If there is progress a judge can offer parent(s) a continuance to continue working toward RU (typically another 3 or 6 months, then they'd have another permanency hearing).

At the permanency hearing, the DCP&P will present a plan for the child's permanent placement. The plan can be to return the child to his or her parent, terminate parental rights and find an adoptive family, or naming the relative who is caring for the child the legal guardian.

(Effective January 1, 2021.) (1) The purpose of a permanency planning hearing is to review the permanency plan for the child, inquire into the welfare of the child and progress of the case, and reach decisions regarding the permanent placement of the child.

Practice and Policy Recommendations. Permanency planning must begin before a child or youth enters foster care. The first choice, of course, is to help a birth family stay intact. If that is not possible, the next choice would be appropriate relatives.

Child placement review hearings are review hearings wherein a child's living arrangement is evaluated once he has been placed into foster care.Whether the case safety plan is working (i.e. whether the plan provided by the state is keeping the child safe and meeting his or her needs)

At the permanency hearing, the DCP&P will present a plan for the child's permanent placement. The plan can be to return the child to his or her parent, terminate parental rights and find an adoptive family, or naming the relative who is caring for the child the legal guardian.

During this hearing the court determines the permanent plan for the child, which includes a determination of whether the child will be returned home. This hearing may occur at the 6, 12, or 18 month review. 1.Not warranted, Request for dependency and placement are dismissed and the child is returned home.

At the permanency hearing, the DCP&P will present a plan for the child's permanent placement. The plan can be to return the child to his or her parent, terminate parental rights and find an adoptive family, or naming the relative who is caring for the child the legal guardian.