NRS432B.553. Plan for permanent placement of child.

      1.  An agency that obtains legal custody of a child pursuant to NRS 432B.550 shall:

      (a) Adopt a plan for the permanent placement of the child for review by the court at a hearing conducted pursuant to NRS 432B.590; and

      (b) Make reasonable efforts to finalize the permanent placement of the child in accordance with the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (a). The provisions of subsections 4, 5 and 6 of NRS 432B.393 shall be deemed to apply to the reasonable efforts required by this paragraph.

      2.  If the child is not residing in the home of the child and has been in foster care for 14 or more of the immediately preceding 20 months, the agency shall include the termination of parental rights to the child in the plan for the permanent placement of the child, unless the agency determines that:

      (a) The child is in the care of a relative;

      (b) The plan for the child requires the agency to make reasonable efforts pursuant to NRS 432B.393 to reunify the family of the child, and the agency has not provided to the family, consistently within the period specified in the plan for the child, such services as the agency deems necessary for the safe return of the child to the home of the child; or

      (c) There are compelling reasons, which are documented in the plan for the child, for concluding that the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights to the child would not be in the best interests of the child.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 1839)