North Carolina Statutes

Chapter 7B Juvenile Code

§ 7B-909 Review of agency's plan for placement

(a) The director of social services or the director of the licensed private child‑placing agency shall promptly notify the clerk to calendar the case for review of the department's or agency's plan for the juvenile at a session of court scheduled for the hearing of juvenile matters in any case where:

(1) One parent has surrendered a juvenile for adoption under the provisions of Part 7 of Article 3 of Chapter 48 of the General Statutes and the termination of parental rights proceedings have not been instituted against the nonsurrendering parent within six months of the surrender by the other parent, or

(2) Both parents have surrendered a juvenile for adoption under the provisions of Part 7 of Article 3 of Chapter 48 of the General Statutes and that juvenile has not been placed for adoption within six months from the date of the more recent parental surrender.

(b) Repealed by 2007‑276, s. 6, effective October 1, 2007.

(c) Notification of the court under this section shall be by a petition for review. The petition shall set forth the circumstances necessitating the review under subsection (a) of this section. The review shall be conducted within 30 days following the filing of the petition for review unless the court shall otherwise direct. The court shall conduct reviews every six months until the juvenile is the subject of a decree of adoption. The initial review and all subsequent reviews shall be conducted pursuant to G.S. 7B‑908. Any individual whose parental rights have been terminated shall not be considered a party to the review unless an appeal of the order terminating parental rights is pending, and a court has stayed the order pending the appeal. (1983, c. 607, s. 2; 1993, c. 537, s. 4; 1995, c. 457, s. 6; 1998‑202, s. 6; 1998‑229, s. 9; 1999‑456, s. 60; 2005‑398, s. 9; 2007‑276, s. 6.)

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