2000 Minnesota Statutes

     260C.205 Dispositions; voluntary foster care placements. 

    Unless the court disposes of the petition under section 
 260C.141, subdivision 2, upon a petition for review of the 
 foster care status of a child, the court may:  

    (a) Find that the child's needs are not being met, in which 
 case the court shall order the social services agency or the 
 parents to take whatever action is necessary and feasible to 
 meet the child's needs, including, when appropriate, the 
 provision by the social services agency of services to the 
 parents which would enable the child to live at home, and order 
 a disposition under section 260C.201. 

    (b) Find that the child has been abandoned by parents 
 financially or emotionally, or that the developmentally disabled 
 child does not require out-of-home care because of the 
 handicapping condition, in which case the court shall order the 
 social services agency to file an appropriate petition pursuant 
 to section 260C.141, subdivision 1, or 260C.307. 

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 
 bringing a petition pursuant to section 260C.141, subdivision 1 
 or 4, sooner than required by court order pursuant to this 
 section.  

    HIST: 1999 c 139 art 3 s 24; art 4 s 2; 1999 c 245 art 8 s 58