Michigan Laws 722.133 – Duties of state court administrative office
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The state court administrative office shall do all of the following:
(a) Determine the number of children who are in foster care in this state.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.133
- Child care organization: means a child caring institution or a child placing agency as defined in section 1 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 722.131
- Foster care: means care provided to a child on a 24-hour basis either by a child care organization or by a person or organization appointed by the juvenile division of the probate court, either temporarily or permanently, to provide court supervised child care, pursuant to any of the following:
(i) An order of the juvenile division of the probate court if the court acquired jurisdiction over the child pursuant to section 2(b)(1) or (2) of chapter XIIA of Act No. See Michigan Laws 722.131Interested party: means any of the following:
(i) A biological parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Michigan Laws 722.131Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Local board: means a local foster care review board created under section 4. See Michigan Laws 722.131 Probate: Proving a will state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o State board program: means the state foster care review board program created in section 2. See Michigan Laws 722.131
(b) Establish uniform policies and procedures for foster care review pursuant to this act, including criteria for the selection of foster care cases to be reviewed.
(c) In accordance with section 4, determine the appropriate number of local boards necessary to meet the needs of children in foster care, and establish the jurisdiction of each local board.
(d) Establish criteria and procedures for membership of a local board.
(e) Solicit and receive applications for local board membership and make membership decisions.
(f) Provide written notification to a local board of specific cases of children in foster care appropriate for review, and schedule those cases for review within the time intervals established under section 7.
(g) Inform the child care organization, department of social services, or probate court that provided notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the local board to which the child is assigned.
(h) Make a reasonable effort to provide written notification to each interested party of the date, time, and procedures for a review by a local board of a child in foster care.
(i) Establish a system to monitor the status of each child who is in foster care and who has been assigned to a local board.
(j) Analyze information gathered by local boards throughout this state.
(k) Employ and provide state board program staff and provide local board volunteers.
(l) Provide periodic training sessions for the members of each local board. The training sessions shall include instruction on the need to maintain confidentiality as required under section 8.
(m) Establish an advisory committee consisting of representatives from child care organizations, local boards, and others as the state court administrator considers necessary to review the foster care system and to make recommendations concerning the foster care system to the appropriate groups and agencies. Not less than a majority of the advisory committee shall consist of representatives of the local boards.
(n) Issue an annual report pursuant to section 9.
(o) Perform those duties necessary to implement and review the state board program.