Permanency Planning North Carolina

Best Interests of the Child

Statute: N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 7B-507(d) (Lexis, WESTLAW through 2002 Ex. Sess.)

Law:

In determining reasonable efforts to be made with respect to a juvenile and making such reasonable efforts, the juvenile's health and safety shall be the paramount concern.

Concurrent Planning

for California

Statute: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-507(d) (Lexis, WESTLAW through 2002 Reg. & Ex. Sess.)

Law:

Reasonable efforts to preserve or reunify families may be made concurrently with efforts to plan for the juvenile's adoption, to place the juvenile with a legal guardian, or to place the juvenile in another permanent arrangement.