2010 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 2 - Placement of Juveniles
Part 4 - Foster Care
37-2-404 - Progress report to court Review of permanency plan.
37-2-404. Progress report to court Review of permanency plan.
(a) In addition to the plan required in § 37-2-403, each agency shall submit to the appropriate court or board a report for each child in its foster care on progress made in achieving the goals set out in the plan. Such reports shall be prepared by the agency having custody of the child within ninety (90) days of the date of foster care placement and no less frequently than every six (6) months thereafter for so long as the child remains in foster care. Unless parental rights have been surrendered or terminated, a copy of this report shall be provided to the parent(s) of the child at the time it is provided to the court or board.
(b) Within ninety (90) days of the date of foster care placement and no less often than every six (6) months thereafter for so long as the child remains in foster care, the court or board shall review the plan for each child in foster care and make a report on the progress made in achieving the goals contained in the plan. Unless parental rights have been surrendered or terminated, notice of this review shall be provided to the parent(s) of the child and the parent(s) shall have the right to attend and participate in the review. At this review, the court or board shall determine the safety of the child, the necessity and appropriateness of continued foster care placement, assess the compliance of all parties to the statement of responsibilities, determine the extent of progress in alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating placement in foster care and in achieving the goals contained in the permanency plan, and project a likely date on which the goal of the plan will be achieved.
[Acts 1976, ch. 731, § 3; 1978, ch. 804, § 3; 1979, ch. 272, § 2; 1982, ch. 811, § 3; 1983, ch. 438, § 13; T.C.A., § 37-1503; Acts 1988, ch. 560, §§ 7, 8; 1996, ch. 1079, § 111; 1998, ch. 1097, § 18.]
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