Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:288.6 – A. The court has jurisdiction to review the written report and make a determination whether it is in the youth’s best interest to continue in extended foster care in a voluntary plac
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:288.6
- Court: means the court that exercised juvenile jurisdiction over the child in need of care proceedings involving the youth prior to his eighteenth birthday. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:288.2
- Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:288.2
- Jurisdiction: (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.
- Youth: means an individual who was adjudicated as a child in need of care, was in foster care in the department's custody on the day before his eighteenth birthday, and is at least eighteen years of age but less than twenty-one years of age. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:288.2
A. The court has jurisdiction to review the written report and make a determination whether it is in the youth‘s best interest to continue in extended foster care in a voluntary placement.
B. Upon filing of the written report set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 46:288.5, the court shall open an extended foster care case for the purpose of determining whether continuing in extended foster care in a voluntary placement is in the youth’s best interest. The court shall make a determination no later than twenty-one days after the date the report was filed.
C. Following the court’s determination of whether continuing in extended foster care in a voluntary placement is in the youth’s best interest, the court shall close the extended foster care case and the department shall provide extended foster care services to the youth in accordance with this Subpart.
Acts 2019, No. 400, §2, eff. June 19, 2019.