1. (a) The Family Service Worker will:

   1. (1) Consult the Office of Chief Counsel attorney to determine if legal grounds exist for disposition recommendation of termination of parental rights;

   2. (2)

      1. (A) Schedule and conduct a permanency planning staffing prior to the permanency planning hearing to determine if continuing contact with the custodial/noncustodial parent or parents or putative parent could cause harm to the child and to determine the likelihood that the child will be adopted if the termination petition is granted.
      2. (B) Those invited to participate in the staffing are the:

2. (i) Custodial/noncustodial parent or parents;

   1. (ii) Attorney for the parent or parents;

      1. (iii) Age-appropriate child;

         1. (iv) Office of Chief Counsel attorney;;
         2. (v) County supervisor;
         3. (vi) Adoption specialist;
         4. (vii) Attorney ad litem; and
         5. (viii) Foster parents;
   2. (3) Obtain written consent of the Area Director, if applicable;
   3. (4) Prepare a CFS-6024: Permanency Planning Court Report and submit it to the Office of Chief Counsel attorney at least fourteen (14) days before the permanency planning hearing;
   4. (5) Work with the Office of Chief Counsel attorney to file a petition to terminate parental rights;
   5. (6) Work with the Office of Chief Counsel attorney to prepare for termination of parental rights hearing within thirty (30) days from the date of the entry of the court order;
   6. (7) Provide the Office of Chief Counsel attorney with information on the CFS-408: Federal Parent Locator System Information regarding the custodial/noncustodial parent or parents or putative parent so that notice of the termination petition can be provided;
   7. (8) Provide the Office of Chief Counsel attorney with the name and address of any grandparent who is entitled to notice based on the conditions listed in 9 CAR § 40-406, notification of relatives and fictive kin, when a child is taken into custody by the Division of Children and Family Services and related procedures; and
   8. (9) Refer to 9 CAR § 40-917 or 9 CAR § 40-928 if termination of parental rights with power to consent to adoption is granted.

3. (b) The Adoption Specialist will:

   1. (1) Participate in the staffing if adoption is to be considered as a permanent plan for a child; and
   2. (2) Work with the Office of Chief Counsel attorney to prepare for the termination of parental rights hearing.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "09/2008"