210.762. Family support team meetings to be held, when--who may attend--form to be used.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

210.762. Family support team meetings to be held, when--who may attend--form to be used.

Family support team meetings to be held, when--who may attend--form tobe used.

210.762. 1. When a child is taken into custody by a juvenile officeror law enforcement official under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 ofsection 211.031, RSMo, and initially placed with the division, the divisionmay make a temporary placement and shall arrange for a family support teammeeting prior to or within twenty-four hours following the protectivecustody hearing held under section 211.032, RSMo. After a child is in thedivision's custody and a temporary placement has been made, the divisionshall arrange an additional family support team meeting prior to taking anyaction relating to the placement of such child; except that, when thewelfare of a child in the custody of the division requires an immediate oremergency change of placement, the division may make a temporary placementand shall schedule a family support team meeting within seventy-two hours.The requirement for a family support team meeting shall not apply when theparent has consented in writing to the termination of his or her parentalrights in conjunction with a placement in a licensed child-placing agencyunder subsection 6 of section 453.010, RSMo.

2. The parents, the legal counsel for the parents, the fosterparents, the legal guardian or custodian of the child, the guardian adlitem for the child, and the volunteer advocate, and any designee of theparent that has written authorization shall be notified and invited toparticipate in all family support team meetings. The family support teammeeting may include such other persons whose attendance at the meeting mayassist the team in making appropriate decisions in the best interests ofthe child. If the division finds that it is not in the best interest of achild to be placed with relatives, the division shall make specificfindings in the division's report detailing the reasons why the bestinterests of the child necessitate placement of the child with personsother than relatives.

3. The division shall use the form created in subsection 2 of section210.147 to be signed upon the conclusion of the meeting pursuant tosubsection 1 of this section confirming that all involved parties are awareof the team's decision regarding the custody and placement of the child.Any dissenting views must be recorded and attested to on such form.

4. The case manager shall be responsible for including such form withthe case records of the child.