Utah § 80-4-304 Specific considerations when child is placed in foster home.

Utah Statutes

§ 80-4-304 — Specific considerations when child is placed in foster home.

Utah § 80-4-304

Title 80Utah Juvenile Code

Ch. 80-4Termination and Restoration of Parental Rights

Part 80-4-3Termination and Post-termination of Parental Rights

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Utah Code Ann. § 80-4-304 (2026).

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If a child is in the custody of the division and has been placed and resides in a foster home and the division institutes proceedings under this chapter regarding the child, with an ultimate goal of having the child's foster parent or parents adopt the child, the juvenile court shall consider:

(1)whether the child has become integrated into the foster family to the extent that the child's familial identity is with the foster family;

(2)whether the foster family is able and willing permanently to treat the child as a member of the family;

(3)the love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the child and the parents, and the child's ties with the foster family;

(4)the capacity and disposition of the child's parents from whom the child was removed as compared with that of th

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If a child is in the custody of the division and has been placed and resides in a foster home and the division institutes proceedings under this chapter regarding the child, with an ultimate goal of having the child's foster parent or parents adopt the child, the juvenile court shall consider:
(1) whether the child has become integrated into the foster family to the extent that the child's familial identity is with the foster family;
(2) whether the foster family is able and willing permanently to treat the child as a member of the family;
(3) the love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the child and the parents, and the child's ties with the foster family;
(4) the capacity and disposition of the child's parents from whom the child was removed as compared with that of the foster family to give the child love, affection, and guidance and to continue the education of the child;
(5) the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory foster home and the desirability of the child continuing to live in that environment;
(6) the permanence as a family unit of the foster family; and
(7) any other factor that the juvenile court considers relevant to a particular placement of a child.