(1) Within thirty days after the fifteen-month period under subsection (1) of section 43-292.02 , the court shall hold a hearing on the record and shall make a determination on the record as to whether there is an exception under subsection (3) of section 43-292.02 in this particular case. If there is no exception, the state shall proceed as provided in subsection (1) of section 43-292.02 . (2) The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit on a timely basis, to the court in which the petition to place the juvenile in an out-of-home placement was filed and to the county attorney who filed the petition, a list of the name of each juvenile who has been in an out-of-home placement for fifteen or more months of the most recent twenty-two months.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-292.03
Termination of parental rights; state; Department of Health and Human Services; duties
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In Re Interest of Mainor T. (2004)
Most recently applied in 30 Neb. Ct. App. 723 - In re Interest of Brelynn E. (March 2022)
Laws 1998, LB 1041, § 30.
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