232.178 - PETITION.
232.178 PETITION.
1. For a placement initiated on or after July 1, 1992, the
department shall file a petition to initiate a voluntary placement
proceeding prior to the child's placement in accordance with criteria
established pursuant to the federal Child Welfare Act of 1980, Pub.
L. No. 96-272, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 627(a). For a placement
initiated before July 1, 1992, the department shall file a petition
to approve placement on or before September 1, 1992.
2. The petition and subsequent court documents shall be entitled
"In the interests of ....., a child".
3. The petition shall state the names and residence of the child
and the child's living parents, guardian, custodian, and guardian ad
litem, if any, and the age of the child.
4. The petition shall describe the child's emotional, physical,
or intellectual disability which requires care and treatment; the
reasonable efforts to maintain the child in the child's home; the
department's request to the family of a child with mental
retardation, other developmental disability, or organic mental
illness to determine if any services or support provided to the
family will enable the family to continue to care for the child in
the child's home; and the reason the child's parent, guardian, or
custodian has requested a foster family care placement. The petition
shall also describe the commitment of the parent, guardian, or
custodian in fulfilling the responsibilities defined in the case
permanency plan and how the placement will serve the child's best
interests. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 169, § 5; 92 Acts, ch 1229, § 12; 99 Acts, ch 111, §
2, 7
Referred to in § 237.13
1999 amendment to subsection 4 is effective September 6, 2000; 99
Acts, ch 111, § 7