Federal

Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997

Full Text

Information Packet ASFA, National Resources Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning, Vicki Klee (2002)

Rules and Regulations

• 45 CFR 1355 General

• 45 CFR 1356 Requirements Applicable to Title IV-E

• 45 CFR 1357 Requirements Applicable to Title IV-B

Florida

Permanency Hearing § 39.621

Case Plans § 39.601

Reasonable Efforts

• When reasonable efforts are not required §39.806

• Reasonable efforts to prevent removal §39.402

Termination of Parental Rights  § 39.801-817 

Florida DCF Operating Procedures

Expediting Permanency for Abandoned Infants, NO. 175-62 (April 1999)

Extraordinary Circumstances for Extension of Case Plans Beyond 12 Months, No. 175-90 (October 1999)

Cases

Jeanine B. v. Scott McCallum, Not Reported in F.Supp. 2d, 2001 WL 748062 (E.D.Wis.)
Children in foster care have enforceable Federal rights under the Federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA).

• Article: Federal Court Rules that Children May Sue Under ASFA, Children's Bureau Express, November/December Vol. 2 No. 6 (2001)

Marisol. v. Giuliani, 929 F.Supp 662 (SDNY 1996)