Title IV-E State Plan - Department for Children and Families

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TITLE IV-E STATE/TRIBAL PLAN – STATE OF VERMONT Section 2Page 19FederalRegulatory/StatutoryRequirementReferencesCitations for Each1356.21(b)(3)(ii)471(a)(15)(D)b. A court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the parent has beenconvicted of:(1) murder (which would have been an offense under section 1111(a) of Title18, United State/Tribals Code, if the offense had occurred in the specialmaritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United State/Tribals) of anotherchild of the parent;(2) voluntary manslaughter (which would have been an offense under section1112(a) of Title 18, United State/Tribals Code, if the offense had occurred inthe special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United State/Tribals) ofanother child of the parent;(3) aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, or soliciting to commit such amurder or such a voluntary manslaughter; or(4) a felony assault that results in serious bodily injury to the child or anotherchild of the parent; or,State/Tribal Regulatory,Statutory, and PolicyReferences andSec. 2 G (5)(b)Sec. 2 G (5)(b)(i)Sec. 2 G (5)(b)(ii)Sec. 2 G (5)(b)(iii)Sec. 2 G (5)(b)(iv)1356.21(b)(3)(iii)471(a)(15)(D)1356.21(b)(4)471(a)(15)(F)c. The parental rights of the parent with respect to a sibling have been terminatedinvoluntarily.6. Concurrent planning.a. Reasonable efforts to finalize an alternate permanency plan may be madeconcurrently with reasonable efforts to reunify the child and family.b. Reasonable efforts to place a child for adoption or with a legal guardian, includingidentifying appropriate in-State/Tribal and out-of-State/Tribal placements, may bemade concurrently with reasonable efforts to reunify the child and family.Sec. 2 G (5)(c)Sec. 2 G (6)Sec. 2 G (6)(a)Sec. 2 G (6)(b)
TITLE IV-E STATE/TRIBAL PLAN – STATE OF VERMONT Section 2Page 20FederalState/Tribal Regulatory,Regulatory/Statutory, and PolicyRequirementStatutoryReferences andReferencesCitations for Each1356.21(b)(5) 7. Use of the Federal Parent Locator Service.Sec. 2 G (7)1356.21(i)(1)1356.21(i)(1)(i)475(5)(F)The State/Tribal agency may seek the services of the Federal Parent Locator Service tosearch for absent parents at any point in order to facilitate a permanency plan.H. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS1. The State/Tribal will file a petition (or, if such a petition has been filed by anotherparty, seek to be joined as a party to the petition) to terminate the parental rights of aparent(s):a. whose child has been in foster care under the responsibility of the State/Tribalfor 15 of the most recent 22 months. The petition must be filed by the end of thechild's 15 th month in foster care. In calculating when to file a petition fortermination of parental rights, the State/Tribal:(1) will calculate the 15 out of the most recent 22 month period from the datethe child entered foster care as defined at section 475(5)(F) of the Act;(2) will use a cumulative method of calculation when a child experiencesmultiple exits from and entries into foster care during the 22 month period;(3) will not include trial home visits or runaway episodes in calculating 15months in foster care; and,(4) only applies section 475(5)(E) of the Act to a child once if the State/Tribaldoes not file a petition because one of the exceptions applies;Sec. 2 HSec. 2 H (1)Sec. 2 H (1)(a)Sec. 2 H (1)(a)(i)Sec. 2 H (1)(a)(ii)Sec. 2 H (1)(a)(iii)Sec. 2 H (1)(a)(iv)1356.21(i)(1)(ii) b. whose child has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be anabandoned infant (as defined under State/Tribal law). The petition to terminateparental rights is made within 60 days of the judicial determination that thechild is an abandoned infant; or,Sec. 2 H (1)(b)
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