SECTION 340:75-6-31.1. Family meeting (FM) process

  The FM's purpose is to facilitate planning, team decision-making, and engaging the family of the child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services custody.

(1)   The court may require facilitation of a meeting no later than 30-calendar days prior to a permanency hearing when a child was in out-of-home care for 12 months or longer, per Section 1-4-810 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes and an FM is used for this purpose.

(2)   An FM includes parents, caregivers, children, relatives, family friends, child welfare specialists, service providers, community group members, and other appropriate community partners, when appropriate.

[Source: Added at 18 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1092, eff 3-26-10 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 894, eff 7-1-11; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 635, eff 6-1-12; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 389, eff 7-1-13; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1856, eff 9-16-19; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1850, eff 9-15-20]