(a)

1. (1) Sometimes the court will determine that the goal should be termination of parental rights when it is not the recommendation of the Department of Human Services.
2. (2) In these instances, the following procedures will apply.

(b) The Family Service Worker will:

1. (1) Work with the Office of Chief Counsel attorney to file a petition to terminate parental rights within thirty (30) days from the date of the entry of the court order;
2. (2) Notify the Area Director in writing with a copy of the order attached;
3. (3) Consult the County Supervisor and the Office of Chief Counsel attorney immediately if the order should be appealed or if a rehearing is appropriate;
4. (4) Work with the Office of Chief Counsel attorney to prepare for termination of parental rights hearing;

5. (5)

   1. (A) Schedule and conduct a staffing, if applicable, to determine if continuing contact with the birth/legal 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 birth/legal parent, attorney for the parent, age-appropriate child, the Office of Chief Counsel attorney, County Supervisor, Adoption Specialist, attorney ad litem, and foster parents;
6. (6) 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;
7. (7) Provide the Office of Chief Counsel attorney with the name and last known address of a birth/legal parent or parents or putative parent or parents so that notice of the termination petition can be provided; and
8. (8) Refer to 9 CAR § 40-917 or 9 CAR § 40-928 if termination of parental rights with power to consent to adoption is granted.