§ 14-3-431 — Duration of orders of disposition; termination of orders; permanency hearings; petition for termination of parental rights

Wyoming § 14-3-431

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 3: PROTECTION
• Art. 4: CHILD PROTECTION ACT

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(a) An order of disposition shall remain in force for an
indefinite period until terminated by the court whenever it
appears the purpose of the order has been achieved and it is in
the child's best interest that he be discharged from further
court jurisdiction.
(b) Unless sooner terminated by court order, all orders
issued under this act shall terminate with respect to a child
adjudicated neglected, when he reaches eighteen (18) years of
age unless the court has ordered care or services to continue
beyond that time. The court shall conduct a review hearing at
least six (6) months before the child reaches eighteen (18)
years of age to determine whether care or transitional services
should continue and for what period of time prior to the
individual reaching the age of twenty-one (21) years.
(c) The court shall conduct a review hearing six (6)
months from the date of the child's removal from the home and
every six (6) months thereafter. If the child is placed in a
qualified residential treatment program, the department of
family services shall present to the court at the six (6) month
review hearing the information required under subparagraphs
(j)(iii)(A) through (D) of this section. At the six (6) month
review hearing the court shall review the case plan to
determine:
(i) The health and safety of the child;
(ii) The continuing necessity for the placement;
(iii) The appropriateness of the current placement;
(iv) The reasonableness of efforts made to reunify
the family and the consistency of those efforts with the case
plan;
(v) The appropriateness of the case plan and the
extent of compliance with the case plan including the permanent
placement of the child;
(vi) If progress has been made toward alleviating or
mitigating the causes necessitating placement outside the home
and the extent of that progress; and
(vii) The date the child is expected to be returned
to the home or placed for adoption or legal guardianship.
(d) The court shall conduct a permanency hearing no later
than twelve (12) months from the date of the child's removal
from the home and not less than once every twelve (12) months
thereafter if the child remains in out-of-home placement or more
frequently as deemed necessary by the court.
(e) If the court determines as provided in W.S.
14-2-309(a)(vi), (b) or (c) that reasonable efforts to preserve
and reunify the family are not required, a permanency hearing
shall be held for the child within thirty (30) days after the
determination.
(f) At the permanency hearing, the court shall make
determinations of reasonable efforts as outlined in W.S.