373,27 Section 27. 48.355 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.355 (4) (c) An order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 relating to an unborn child in need of protection or services that is made before the unborn child is born shall terminate one year after the date on which the order is entered granted unless the judge specifies a shorter period of time or the judge terminates the order sooner.
373,28 Section 28. 48.355 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:
48.355 (4g) Termination of orders; case closure orders. (a) On request of a person authorized to file a petition under par. (b) or on its own motion and on a finding that granting the request or motion would be in the best interests of the child, the court may terminate an order under this section or s. 48.357 or 48.365 before the child attains 18 years of age and grant an order determining paternity of the child, legal custody of the child, periods of physical placement with the child, visitation rights with respect to the child, or the obligation of the child's parents to provide support for the child and the responsibility of the child's parents to provide coverage of the child's health care expenses if any of the following apply:
1. The child's parents are parties to a pending action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, a man determined under s. 48.299 (6) (e) 4. to be the biological father of the child for purposes of a proceeding under this chapter is a party to a pending action to determine paternity of the child under ch. 767, or the child is the subject of a pending independent action under s. 767.41 or 767.43 to determine legal custody of the child or visitation rights with respect to the child.
2. The child is the subject of an order that has been granted in an action affecting the family determining legal custody of the child, periods of physical placement with the child, visitation rights with respect to the child, or the obligation of the child's parents to provide support for the child and the responsibility of the child's parents to provide coverage of the child's health care expenses.
(b) The child or his or her counsel or guardian ad litem, the child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian, the person or agency responsible for implementing the dispositional order, or the district attorney or corporation counsel may file a petition with the court requesting an order under par. (a) or the court, on its own motion, may propose such an order.
(c) The court shall hold a hearing before granting an order requested or proposed under par. (b). At least 5 days before the hearing, the court shall cause notice of the hearing, together with a copy of the request or proposal, to be provided to the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child, the child's Indian custodian and tribe.
(d) In considering whether to grant a request or proposal for an order under par. (a), the court shall proceed as follows:
1. If the request or proposal is for an order determining paternity of the child, the court shall determine paternity in the same manner as paternity is determined under subch. IX of ch. 767.
2. If the request or proposal is for an order determining legal custody of the child and periods of physical placement with the child, the court shall determine legal custody and periods of physical placement in the same manner as legal custody and periods of physical placement are determined under ss. 767.41 and 767.481 and, if the child is the subject of a preexisting order that has been entered in an action affecting the family determining legal custody of the child or periods of physical placement with the child, in the same manner as legal custody and periods of physical placement are determined under ss. 767.451 and 767.461, except that the court is not required to refer the parties for mediation under s. 767.405 (5) or refer the matter for a legal custody and physical placement study under s. 767.405 (14), the parties are not required to file a parenting plan under s. 767.41 (1m), and the court may not transfer legal custody of the child to a relative or an agency under s. 767.41 (3).
3. If the request or proposal is for an order determining visitation rights with respect to the child, the court shall determine those rights in the same manner as visitation rights are determined under ss. 767.43 and 767.44.
4. If the request or proposal is for an order determining the obligation of the child's parents to provide support for the child and the responsibility of the child's parents to provide coverage of the child's health care expenses, the court shall determine that obligation and responsibility in the same manner as that obligation and responsibility are determined under ss. 767.511, 767.513, 767.54, 767.55, 767.57, and 767.58.
(e) An order under par. (a) may modify a preexisting order of a court exercising jurisdiction in an action affecting the family and shall remain in effect until modified or terminated by a court exercising that jurisdiction.
(f) If at the time an order under par. (a) is granted an action described in par. (a) 1. is pending or if at that time the child is the subject of a preexisting order described in par. (a) 2., the court that granted the order under par. (a) shall file a copy of the order with the court that is exercising jurisdiction in that pending action or that entered that preexisting order. On receipt of the copy of that order, the court that is exercising jurisdiction over the pending action or that granted the preexisting order shall provide a copy of that order to all parties to that pending action or to all parties that are bound by that preexisting order. The order shall become a part of the record of that pending action or the action in which the preexisting order was granted.
(g) 1. A person who is granted legal custody and periods of physical placement with a child under an order under par. (a) may seek enforcement of the order by filing a motion under s. 767.471 (3) with the court in which the order was filed under par. (f), and that court shall enforce the order in the same manner as legal custody and physical placement orders are enforced under s. 767.471.
2. A party to a proceeding under this subsection in which legal custody and periods of physical placement with a child are determined under an order under par. (a) may seek a modification of the order by filing a petition, motion, order to show cause, or stipulation with the court in which the order was filed under par. (f), and that court may modify the order in the same manner as legal custody and physical placement orders are modified under ss. 767.451, 767.461, and 767.481.
(h) 1. A person who is granted visitation rights with respect to a child under an order under par. (a) may seek enforcement of the order by filing a motion for contempt of court under s. 767.43 (5) with the court in which the order was filed under par. (f), and that court shall enforce the order in the same manner as visitation orders are enforced under s. 767.43 (5).
2. A party to a proceeding under this subsection in which visitation rights with respect to a child are determined under an order under par. (a) may seek a modification of the order by filing a petition, motion, or order to show cause with the court in which the order was filed under par. (f), and that court may modify the order in the same manner as visitation orders are modified under s. 767.43 (1), (3), or (6), whichever is applicable.
(i) 1. A party to a proceeding under this subsection in which the obligation to provide support for a child and the responsibility to provide health care coverage for a child are determined under an order under par. (a) who is authorized to commence an action to compel child support under s. 767.501 may seek enforcement of the order by filing an action to compel support under s. 767.501 with the court in which the order was filed under par. (f), and that court shall enforce the order in the same manner as child support and health care coverage orders are enforced under ss. 767.511, 767.513, 767.54, 767.55, 767.57, 767.58, and 767.70 to 767.78.
2. A party to a proceeding under this subsection in which the obligation to provide support for a child and the responsibility to provide health care coverage for a child are determined under an order under par. (a) may seek a modification of the order by filing a petition, motion, or order to show cause with the court in which the order was filed under par. (f), and that court may modify the order in the same manner as child support and health coverage orders are modified under ss. 767.553 and 767.59.
373,29 Section 29. 48.357 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (title) Change in placement ; child or expectant mother subject to dispositional order.
373,30 Section 30. 48.357 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (1) (title) Request by person or agency responsible for order or prosecutor.
373,31 Section 31. 48.357 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (a) Applicable procedures. The person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney, or the corporation counsel may request a change in the placement of the child or expectant mother who is the subject of the dispositional order, whether or not the change requested is authorized in the dispositional order, as provided in par. (am) or (c), whichever is applicable.
373,32 Section 32. 48.357 (1) (am) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (1) (am) (title) Changes in placement generally.
373,33 Section 33. 48.357 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 48.357 (1) (am) 1. a. and amended to read:
48.357 (1) (am) 1. a. If the proposed change in placement involves any change in placement other than a change in placement specified Except as provided in par. (c), the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney, or the corporation counsel shall cause may request a change in placement under this subsection by causing written notice of the proposed change in placement to be sent to the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe.
b. If the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, written notice of the proposed change in placement shall also be sent to the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If the change in placement involves an adult expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, written notice of the proposed change in placement shall be sent to the adult expectant mother, the physical custodian of the adult expectant mother, and the unborn child's guardian ad litem.
c. The notice shall contain the name and address of the new placement, the reasons for the change in placement, a statement describing why the new placement is preferable to the present placement, and a statement of how the new placement satisfies the objectives of the treatment plan or permanency plan ordered by the court. The person sending the notice shall file the notice with the court on the same day that the notice is sent.
373,34 Section 34. 48.357 (1) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (am) 2. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 2r., any person receiving the notice under subd. 1. or notice of a specific placement under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 2., other than a court-appointed special advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after receipt of the notice is sent to that person and filed with the court. Except as provided in subds. 2m. and 2r., if an objection is filed within 10 days after that notice is sent and filed with the court, the court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering any change in placement. At least 3 days before the hearing, the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons who are required to receive notice under subd. 1. or s. 48.355 (2) (b) 2. If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing. Except as provided in subds. 2m. and 2r., if no objection is filed within 10 days after that notice is sent and filed with the court, the court shall enter an order changing the child's placement as proposed in that notice. Except as provided in subds. 2m. and 2r., placements may not be changed until 10 days after that notice is sent to and filed with the court unless written waivers of objection are signed as follows:
373,35 Section 35. 48.357 (1) (am) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (am) 2m. Changes in placement that were authorized in the dispositional order may be made immediately if notice is given as required under subd. 1. In addition, a A hearing is not required for changes in placement changes authorized in the dispositional order except when an objection filed by a person who received notice alleges that new information is available that affects the advisability of the court's dispositional order.
373,36 Section 36. 48.357 (1) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (am) 3. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement outside the home to another placement outside the home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall contain the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m. and, the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., and the finding under sub. (2v) (a) 2m. If the court changes the placement of an Indian child who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian from a placement outside that home to another placement outside that home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall, in addition, comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or, if applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c), unless the court finds good cause, as described in s. 48.028 (7) (e), for departing from that order.
373,37 Section 37. 48.357 (1) (c) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (1) (c) (title) In-home to out-of-home placement.
373,38 Section 38. 48.357 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (c) 1. If the proposed change in placement would change the placement of a child placed in the home to a placement outside the home, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney, or the corporation counsel shall submit a request for the change in placement to the court. The request shall contain the name and address of the new placement, the reasons for the change in placement, a statement describing why the new placement is preferable to the present placement, and a statement of how the new placement satisfies the objectives of the treatment plan or permanency plan ordered by the court. The request shall also contain specific information showing that continued placement of the child in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and, unless any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, specific information showing that the agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount concerns.
373,39 Section 39. 48.357 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (c) 2. The court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering any change in placement requested under subd. 1. Not less than At least 3 days prior to before the hearing, the court shall provide notice of the hearing, together with a copy of the request for the change in placement, to the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the child's court-appointed special advocate, all parties that are bound by the dispositional order, and, if the child is an Indian child, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. Subject to subd. 2r., if all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
373,40 Section 40. 48.357 (1) (c) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (c) 2m. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the parent, if present at the hearing, shall be requested to provide the names and other identifying information of 3 relatives of the child or other individuals 18 years of age or over whose homes the parent requests the court to consider as placements for the child, unless that information has previously been provided under this subdivision, sub. (2m) (bm), or s. 48.21 (3) (f) or 48.335 (6). If the parent does not provide that information at the hearing, the county department, the department in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order shall permit the parent to provide the information at a later date.
373,41 Section 41. 48.357 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (1) (c) 3. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 1., the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m., the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., the finding under sub. (2v) (a) 2m., and, if in addition the court finds that any of the circumstances under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent, the determination under sub. (2v) (a) 3. If the court changes the placement of an Indian child from a placement in the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian to a placement outside that home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall, in addition, contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 4. and comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or, if applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c), unless the court finds good cause, as described in s. 48.028 (7) (e), for departing from the order.
373,42 Section 42. 48.357 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2) (title) Emergency change in placement.
373,43 Section 43. 48.357 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 48.357 (2) (a) and amended to read:
48.357 (2) (a) Emergency changes in placement generally. If Except as provided in par. (b), if emergency conditions necessitate an immediate change in the placement of a child or expectant mother placed outside the home, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may remove the child or expectant mother to a new placement, whether or not authorized by the existing dispositional order, without the prior notice provided in under sub. (1) (am) 1. or the consent required under sub. (1) (am) 2r. The notice shall, however, Notice of the emergency change in placement shall be sent to the persons specified in sub. (1) (am) 1. within 48 hours after the emergency change in placement. Any party receiving notice may demand a hearing under sub. (1) (am) 2.
(c) Placements permitted in emergency. In emergency situations, a child may be placed in a licensed public or private shelter care facility as a transitional placement for not more than 20 days, as well as or in any placement authorized under s. 48.345 (3).
373,44 Section 44. 48.357 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2) (b) Emergency in-home to out-of-home placements. 1. If emergency conditions necessitate an immediate change in placement of a child or expectant mother placed in the home to a placement outside the home, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may remove the child or expectant mother to a new placement, whether or not authorized by the existing dispositional order, without first requesting a change in placement under sub. (1) (c) 1.
2. Except as provided in subd. 3., a hearing on an emergency change in placement under subd. 1. shall be held within 48 hours after the emergency change in placement is made, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. When a child or expectant mother is removed to a new placement under subd. 1., the person or agency that removed the child or expectant mother shall immediately notify the court by the most practical means. As soon as possible after receiving that notice, the court shall schedule the hearing and the person or agency that removed the child or expectant mother, by the most practical means, shall provide notice of the hearing to the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe.
3. By the time of the hearing under subd. 2., a request for a change in placement under sub. (1) (c) 1. shall be filed with the court. The court shall hold a hearing on the request as provided in sub. (1) (c) 2., except that, subject to sub. (1) (c) 2r., if all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing under sub. (1) (c) 2. in lieu of the hearing under subd. 2.
4. If the court orders an emergency change in placement under subd. 2., the change-in-placement order shall contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 1., the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m., the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., the finding under sub. (2v) (a) 2m., and, if in addition the court finds that any of the circumstances under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent, the determination under sub. (2v) (a) 3.
373,45 Section 45. 48.357 (2m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2m) (title) Request by others.
373,46 Section 46. 48.357 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2m) (a) Request; information required. Except as provided in par. (bv), the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian of the child, the expectant mother, or the unborn child's guardian ad litem , or any person or agency primarily bound by the dispositional order, other than the person or agency responsible for implementing the order, may request a change in the placement under this paragraph of the child or expectant mother as provided in this subsection. The request shall contain the name and address of the new placement requested and shall state what new information is available that affects the advisability of the current placement. If the proposed change in placement would change the placement of a child placed in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the request shall also contain specific information showing that continued placement of the child in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and, unless any of the circumstances under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, specific information showing that the agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount concerns. The request shall be submitted to the court. The court may also propose a change in placement on its own motion.
373,47 Section 47. 48.357 (2m) (am) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2m) (am) (title) Indian child; additional information required.
373,48 Section 48. 48.357 (2m) (b) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2m) (b) (title) Hearing; when required.
373,49 Section 49. 48.357 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.357 (2m) (b) 1. and amended to read:
48.357 (2m) (b) 1. The court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering any change in placement requested or proposed under par. (a) if the request or proposal states that new information is available that affects the advisability of the current placement. Except as provided in par. (bv), a hearing is not required if the requested or proposed change in placement does not involve a change in placement of a child placed in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, written waivers of objection to the proposed change in placement are signed by all persons entitled to receive notice under this paragraph subd. 2., other than a court-appointed special advocate, and the court approves.
2. If a hearing is scheduled, not less than at least 3 days before the hearing the court shall notify the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special advocate, all parties who are bound by the dispositional order, and, if the child is an Indian child, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. If the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, the court shall also notify the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If the change in placement involves an adult expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, at least 3 days before the hearing the court shall notify the adult expectant mother, the unborn child's guardian ad litem, and all parties who are bound by the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, at least 3 days prior to the hearing and the district attorney or corporation counsel. A copy of the request or proposal for the change in placement shall be attached to the notice. Subject to par. (br), if all of the parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
373,50 Section 50. 48.357 (2m) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2m) (bm) Child placed outside the home. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the parent, if present at the hearing, shall be requested to provide the names and other identifying information of 3 relatives of the child or other individuals 18 years of age or over whose homes the parent requests the court to consider as placements for the child, unless that information has previously been provided under this paragraph, sub. (1) (c) 2m., or s. 48.21 (3) (f) or 48.335 (6). If the parent does not provide that information at the hearing, the county department, the department in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order shall permit the parent to provide the information at a later date.
373,51 Section 51. 48.357 (2m) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2m) (br) Indian child; notice. If the child is an Indian child, and if the proposed change in placement would change the placement of the Indian child from a placement in the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian to a placement outside that home, notice under par. (b) 2. to the Indian child's parent, Indian custodian, and tribe shall be provided in the manner specified in s. 48.028 (4) (a). Notwithstanding par. (b) 2., no hearing on the request or proposal may be held until at least 10 days after receipt of the notice by the Indian child's parent, Indian custodian, and tribe or, if the identity or location of the Indian child's parent, Indian custodian, or tribe cannot be determined, until at least 15 days after receipt of the notice by the U.S. secretary of the interior. On request of the Indian child's parent, Indian custodian, or tribe, the court shall grant a continuance of up to 20 additional days to enable the requester to prepare for the hearing.
373,52 Section 52. 48.357 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2m) (c) Contents of order. 1. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 1., the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m., the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., the finding under sub. (2v) (a) 2m., and, if in addition the court finds that any of the circumstances under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent, the determination under sub. (2v) (a) 3. If the court changes the placement of an Indian child from a placement in the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian to a placement outside that home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall, in addition, contain the findings under sub. (2v) (a) 4. and comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or, if applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c), unless the court finds good cause, as described in s. 48.028 (7) (e), for departing from that order.
2. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement outside the home to another placement outside the home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall contain the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m. and, the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., and the finding under sub. (2v) (a) 2m. If the court changes the placement of an Indian child from a placement outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian to another placement outside that home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall, in addition, comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or, if applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c), unless the court finds good cause, as described in s. 48.028 (7) (e), for departing from that order.
373,53 Section 53. 48.357 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2r) Removal from foster home or other physical custodian. If a hearing is held under sub. (1) (am) 2. or (2m) (b) 1. and the change in placement would remove a child from a foster home or other placement with a physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the court shall give the foster parent or other physical custodian a right to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent or other physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing relating to the child and the requested change in placement. A foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing under sub. (1) (am) 1. or (2m) (b) 2. and a right to be heard under this subsection does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and right to be heard.
373,54 Section 54. 48.357 (2v) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2v) (title) Change-in-placement order.
373,55 Section 55. 48.357 (2v) (a) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
48.357 (2v) (a) (title) Contents of order.
373,56 Section 56. 48.357 (2v) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2v) (a) 1. If the change in placement change-in-placement order changes the child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, a finding that continued placement of the child in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and, unless a circumstance specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, a finding that the county department, department, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount concerns.
373,57 Section 57. 48.357 (2v) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2v) (a) 1m. If the change in placement change-in-placement order changes the placement of a child who is under the supervision of the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department to a placement outside the child's home, whether from a placement in the home or from another placement outside the home, an order ordering the child into, or to be continued in, the placement and care responsibility of the county department or department as required under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and assigning the county department or department primary responsibility, or continued primary responsibility, for providing services to the child.
373,58 Section 58. 48.357 (2v) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.357 (2v) (a) 2. If the change in placement change-in-placement order would change changes the placement of the child to a placement outside the home recommended by the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, whether from a placement in the home or from another placement outside the home, a statement that the court approves the placement recommended by that person or agency or, if the change in placement change-in-placement order would change changes the placement of the child to a placement outside the home that is not a placement recommended by that person or agency, whether from a placement in the home or from another placement outside the home, a statement that the court has given bona fide consideration to the recommendations made by that person or agency and all parties relating to the child's placement.
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