N.M. Admin. Code § 8.10.8.12

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 20, October 22, 2024

Section 8.10.8.12 - THE PERMANENCY PLAN

The permanency plan reflects the permanency goal within the child's case plan to be achieved by PSD's intervention with the family. Permanency goals include:

A. Reunification: The goal of reunification is to safely reunify the child to the home of the parent or legal guardian. Reunification is the preferred goal in all cases unless the court finds that aggravated circumstances exist.

B. Adoption: The goal of adoption is to judicially terminate the rights, privileges and duties as between the child and the biological parent, and to judicially establish in another family such rights, privileges and duties as between a child and heir, and the adoptive parent.

C. Permanent guardianship: The goal of permanent guardianship is to establish a court-sanctioned arrangement which vests in a guardian all rights and responsibilities of a parent without terminating the rights of the parent as set forth in the Children's Code, Section 32A-4-32 NMSA 1978.

D. Placement with a fit and willing relative: The goal of placement with a fit and willing relative is to establish a court sanctioned relationship between the child and the child's relative or fictive kin in order to maintain family or family-like relationships to the extent possible, consistent with the best interests of the child.

E. Planned permanent living arrangement: The goal of a planned permanent living arrangement is to establish a court sanctioned arrangement to provide physical and emotional permanency for the child when the court determines this is the most appropriate permanency plan for the child after considering all other permanency plans. Planned permanent living arrangement may only be used for youth over the age of 16.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.10.8.12

8.10.8.12 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.8.12 NMAC, 11/15/05, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, September 29, 2015, eff. 9/29/2015, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 09, May 4, 2021, eff. 5/4/2021