2006 Code of Virginia § 16.1-282.2 - Annual foster care review

16.1-282.2. Annual foster care review.

A. The court shall review a foster care plan annually for any child whoremains in the legal custody of a local board of social services or a childwelfare agency and (i) on whose behalf a petition to terminate parentalrights has been granted, filed or ordered to be filed, (ii) who is placed inpermanent foster care, or (iii) who is receiving services to achieveindependent living status. The foster care review hearing shall be scheduledat the conclusion of a hearing held pursuant to 16.1-281, 16.1-282 or 16.1-282.1 at which the order is entered: terminating parental rights,directing the filing of a petition for termination of parental rights by theboard or agency, placing the child in permanent foster care, or directing theboard or agency to provide the child with services to achieve independentliving status. The foster care review hearing shall be held within twelvemonths of the date of such order, so long as the child remains in the custodyof the board or agency.

The board or agency shall file the petition for a foster care review hearing,and the court shall provide notice of the foster care review hearing inaccordance with the provisions of 16.1-282. The board or agency shall filea written Adoption Progress Report with the juvenile court pursuant to 16.1-277.01, 16.1-277.02, 16.1-278.3 or 16.1-283, if applicable, with thepetition required by this section. The court order entered at the conclusionof the hearing held on the petition shall state whether reasonable effortshave been made to place the child in a timely manner in accordance with theapproved foster care plan that established a permanent goal for the child andto complete the steps necessary to finalize the permanent placement of thechild.

B. At the foster care review hearing in the case of a child who is placed inpermanent foster care, the court shall give consideration to theappropriateness of the services being provided to the child and permanentfoster parents, to any change in circumstances since the entry of the orderplacing the child in permanent foster care, and to such other factors as thecourt deems proper.

(2002, c. 512.)