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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN

FAMILY COURT

     Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, DiPalma, Cote, Nesselbush, and DeVall

     Date Introduced: January 18, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 14-1-30.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 14-1 entitled

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"Proceedings in Family Court" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     14-1-30.2. Foster parents -Notice of court proceedings. Foster parents -- Court

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proceedings. -- The department of children, youth and families shall provide notice to foster

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parents, pre-adoptive parents or relatives providing care for a child of any review or hearing to be

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held with respect to a child in the care of the department. The foster parents, pre-adoptive parents

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or relatives providing care for a child may shall have the right to attend the hearing and file with

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the court a report, either written or oral, for the purpose of conveying to the court information

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relating to the best interest of the child. Upon the order of disposition of a child, foster parents,

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pre-adoptive parents, or relatives providing care for a child shall be notified verbally and in

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writing of the results of that order. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give the foster

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parents, pre-adoptive parents or relatives providing care for a child legal standing as a party to the

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petition.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN

FAMILY COURT

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     This act would give foster parents, pre-adoptive parents or relatives providing care for a

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child the right to attend hearings with respect to the child, file reports with the court and receive

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verbal and written notice of the results of the hearing.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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