78A-6-502 - Definitions.
78A-6-502. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Division" means the Division of Child and Family Services within the Departmentof Human Services.
(2) "Failure of parental adjustment" means that a parent or parents are unable orunwilling within a reasonable time to substantially correct the circumstances, conduct, orconditions that led to placement of their child outside of their home, notwithstanding reasonableand appropriate efforts made by the Division of Child and Family Services to return the child tothat home.
(3) "Plan" means a written agreement between the parents of a child, who has beenremoved from the child's home by the juvenile court, and the Division of Child and FamilyServices or written conditions and obligations imposed upon the parents directly by the juvenilecourt, that have a primary objective of reuniting the family or, if the parents fail or refuse tocomply with the terms and conditions of the case plan, freeing the child for adoption.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session