§ 5314. Filing of initial case plan
(a) If a temporary care order is issued transferring legal custody of the child to the Commissioner, the Department shall prepare and file with the court an initial case plan for the child and the family within 60 days of removal of a child from home. The Department shall provide a copy of the case plan to the parties, their attorneys, and the guardian ad litem.
(b) The initial case plan shall not be used or referred to as evidence prior to a finding that a child is in need of care or supervision. (Added 2007, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 53 - Children in Need of Care or Supervision
§ 5302. Request for emergency care order
§ 5303. Procedure for runaway children
§ 5304. Designated shelters for runaway children
§ 5305. Emergency care order; conditional custody order
§ 5306. Notice of emergency care order and temporary care hearing
§ 5307. Temporary care hearing
§ 5311. Service of summons and petition; no request for temporary care order
§ 5312. Failure to appear at preliminary hearing
§ 5313. Timelines for pretrial and merits hearing
§ 5314. Filing of initial case plan
§ 5319. Parent-child contact and contact with siblings and relatives
§ 5320. Postdisposition review hearing
§ 5320a. Duration of conditional custody orders postdisposition
§ 5322. Placement of a child in a facility used for treatment of delinquent children