The Florida Senate

SB 1976: Foster Care/Permanency Planning

GENERAL BILL by Posey

Foster Care/Permanency Planning; requires court to approve permanency plan; rovides that adoption is primary permanency option if reunification of child with his or her parents is not in best interest of child; provides that parental rights of person incarcerated in state or FCI may be terminated if period of time for which parent is expected to be incarcerated will constitute substantial portion of time before child attains age of 18 years, etc. Amends 39; reenacts FS.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/3/2005	Senate	• Filed
  3/16/2005	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Children and Families; Judiciary; Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 00197
  5/6/2005	Senate	• Died in Committee on Children and Families

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• SB 1976, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2005 at 7:44 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (10)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  39.01	Definitions.
  39.302	Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
  39.621	Permanency determination by the court.
  39.622	Long-term custody.
  39.623	Long-term licensed custody.
  39.624	Independent living.
  39.806	Grounds for termination of parental rights.
  39.810	Manifest best interests of the child.
  39.811	Powers of disposition; order of disposition.
  61.13	Custody and support of children; visitation rights; power of court in making orders.

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