Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 8.10.7.17 - NOTIFYING RELATIVESA. PSD shall exercise due diligence to identify and notify adult relatives of a child's removal within 30 days of the removal. The notice shall inform relatives or fictive kin of their option to become a placement resource for the child.B. If the parent is unable or unwilling to provide the PSD worker with names and contact information of relatives or fictive kin, the children's court attorney shall inform the court and ask the court to question the parents about relatives or fictive kin. The children's court attorney shall include in the court order that the parents will provide names of relatives or fictive kin, for possible relative or fictive kin placement, to PSD and attorneys of record five days from the date of the hearing.C. At the permanency hearing, when the court adopts a plan other than reunification, the children's court attorney shall request the court determine whether or not the department has made reasonable efforts to identify and locate, and conduct home studies of any appropriate relative expressing an interest in providing permanency for the child.8.10.7.17 NMAC - N, 3/31/10, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 10, May 25, 2021, eff. 5/25/2021