Rule 27.04 - Social Services Court Report - Due Diligence to Identify and Notify RelativesSubd.1. Timing.(a) Within three months of the child's placement, the agency shall report to the court regarding the agency's due diligence to identify and notify relatives under Minn. Stat. § 260C.221 and, in the case of an Indian child, describe the agency's active efforts to meet the placement preferences of 25 U.S.C. § 1915.(b) If the court orders continued efforts to identify and locate relatives, the agency shall periodically report on its continuing efforts on a schedule set by the court.(c) If an Indian child is not placed according to the placement preferences of 25 U.S.C. § 1915, the agency shall periodically report on its efforts to meet the placement preferences until the court makes a finding of good cause under 25 U.S.C. § 1915. Subd. 2. Content.(a)Identification and notice to relatives. The report shall include information about identification and notice to relatives, including: (1) a description of the procedures the agency used to identify relatives, including the names of persons who were asked to provide information about the child's relatives and the use of any internet or other resource to identify and locate relatives;(2) the names of all identified relatives and how the person is related or known to the child or child's family;(3) whether the agency has an address or other contact information for the relative and the results of using the address or contact information, if any; and(4) whether the relative was sent the notice and information required under Minn. Stat. § 260C.221(a) and the nature of any resulting contact from the relative back to the agency.(b)Consideration of relatives for placement. The report shall include information about how the agency considered relatives for placement, including: (1) whether identified relatives were considered for placement under Minn. Stat. § 260C.212, subd. 2(a) and (b), and the result of that consideration;(2) a description of the process the agency used to consider relatives for placement, including who was consulted, whether the agency used family group decision-making or a family conference, or any other process to assist with consideration of relatives;(3) in the case of an Indian child, the efforts the agency made to work with the child's tribe to identify relatives and the results of those efforts;(4) a copy of or reference to the documentation from the out-of-home placement plan regarding how the relative with whom the child is placed meets the placement factors at Minn. Stat. § 260C.212, subd. 2(b), or, if placement is not with a relative, why a relative placement was not appropriate; and(5) what future consideration for placement of the child will be given to relatives.(c)Engagement in planning. The report shall include a description of how the agency will engage relatives in continued support for the child and family and involvement in permanency planning for the child as required under Minn. Stat. § 260C.221. Subd. 3. Requested Findings; Plan for Active Efforts; Orders.(a)Reasonable Efforts. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 260C.221(f), the agency may request a finding that the agency has made reasonable efforts to identify and notify relatives.(b)Active Efforts. In the case of an Indian child, if the child's placement is not according to the preferences of 25 U.S.C. § 1915, the agency shall report its plan for continued efforts to place the child according to the preferences or request a finding of good cause under 25 U.S.C. § 1915.(c)Orders. When appropriate to assist the agency in its duties for reasonable and active efforts, the agency may ask the court for orders that assist in the identification and location of relatives.Minn. Juve. Prot. P. 27.04