Under existing law, before initiating a proceeding in the juvenile court to terminate the parental rights of the parent or parents of a child who has been placed in foster care or in the custody of the Department of Human Resources, the court is generally required to make a finding that the department has made reasonable efforts to preserve the family and reunify the child with the family before the court may order that the parental rights are involuntarily terminated. Existing law also provides certain conditions when the court is not required to make this finding.
This bill would also eliminate the duty of the Department of Human Resources to make such reasonable efforts to preserve the family if the parent has allowed the child to be in the presence of a methamphetamine laboratory or a location where illegal drugs are stored, kept, packaged, diluted, or manufactured.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1284
Bussman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1283
Bussman Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Bussman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services
Source: Alabama Legislature