§ 712 Sanctions for failure to comply with permanency planning requirements

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Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Children's Code > Title VI > Chapter 17 - Sanctions for Failure to Comply With Permanency Planning Requirements

  • Child: means a person under eighteen years of age who, prior to juvenile proceedings, has not been judicially emancipated under Civil Code Article 366 or emancipated by marriage under Civil Code Article 367. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
  • Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
  • Reasonable efforts: means the exercise of ordinary diligence and care by the department throughout the pendency of a case pursuant to the obligations imposed on the state by federal and state law to provide services and supports designed and intended to prevent or eliminate the need for removing a child from the child's home, to reunite families after separation, and to achieve safe permanency for children. See Louisiana Children's Code 603