September 30, 2004, Introduced by Senator BERNERO and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled
"Probate code of 1939,"
by amending section 19c of chapter XIIA, (MCL 712A.19c), as
amended by 2000 PA 46.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 CHAPTER XIIA
2 Sec. 19c. (1) Except as provided in section 19(4) and
3 subject to subsection (2), if a child remains in foster care
4 following the termination of parental rights to the child, the
5 court shall conduct a hearing not more than 91 days after the
6 termination of parental
rights and at least every 91 182 days
7 after that hearing. The court shall conduct the first permanency
8 planning hearing within 12 months from the date that the child
9 was originally removed from the home. Subsequent permanency
10 planning hearings shall be held within 12 months of the preceding
1 permanency planning hearing. At a hearing under this section, the
2 court shall review all of the following:
3 (a) The appropriateness of the permanency planning goal for
4 the child.
5 (b) The appropriateness of the child's placement in foster
6 care.
7 (c) The reasonable efforts being made to place the child for
8 adoption or in other permanent placement in a timely manner.
9 (2) This section applies only to a child's case in which
10 parental rights to the child were either terminated as the result
11 of a proceeding under section 2(b) of this chapter or a similar
12 law of another state or terminated voluntarily following the
13 initiation of a proceeding under section 2(b) of this chapter or
14 a similar law of another state. This section applies as long as
15 the child is subject to the jurisdiction, control, or supervision
16 of the court or of the Michigan children's institute or other
17 agency.