out-of-home placement. Family law. The placing of a child in a living arrangement outside the child’s home (as in foster care or institutional care), usu. as the result of abuse or neglect; specif., in a child-abuse or child-neglect case, state action that removes a child from a parent’s or custodian’s home and places the child […]
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foster-care placement. The (usu. temporary) act of placing a child in a home with a person or persons who provide parental care for the child. Cf. OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT T. [Cases: Infants 226. C.J.S. Adoption of Persons §§ 10–12.]
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Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act. A 1980 federal statute whose purpose was to force states to use reasonable efforts (1) to avoid removing children from their homes, (2) to reunite families when children had been removed because of abuse or neglect, and (3) when reunification failed, to terminate parental rights and place the children
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residential care. Family law. Foster-care placement involving residence in a group home or institution. • This type of foster care is most commonly used for adolescents who have been adjudged to be delinquents or status offenders.
Indian Child Welfare Act. A federal act that governs child-custody proceedings — including foster-care placement, preadoptive placement, adoptive placement, and termination of parental rights — in cases involving a child of American Indian descent.25 USCA §§ 1911 et seq. • Congress enacted the Act to help protect the best interests of Indian children, to promote
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