§ 78A-6-502. Definitions.

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As used in this chapter:

(1)	"Division" means the Division of Child and Family Services within the Department of Human Services.

(2)

"Failure of parental adjustment" means that a parent or parents are unable or unwilling within a reasonable time to substantially correct the circumstances, conduct, or conditions that led to placement of their child outside of their home, notwithstanding reasonable and appropriate efforts made by the Division of Child and Family Services to return the child to that home.

(3)

"Plan" means a written agreement between the parents of a child, who has been removed from the child's home by the juvenile court, and the Division of Child and Family Services or written conditions and obligations imposed upon the parents directly by the juvenile court, that have a primary objective of reuniting the family or, if the parents fail or refuse to comply with the terms and conditions of the case plan, freeing the child for adoption.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session

                    
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