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Committee advances bill to shorten review timelines and let judges weigh foster-child–caregiver bond
Summary
Senate Bill 1090 would alter timelines in the Child Protective Act and add factors judges may consider — including the bond between a child and a substitute caregiver — to speed permanency decisions. The sponsor and a foster parent who later adopted two children testified in support.
The Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee advanced Senate Bill 1090, which changes timing and decision factors in child-protective proceedings to encourage more timely permanency for children in foster care.
Senator Cody Galloway (District 15), sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure makes two principal changes: it shortens custody-review timelines (the sponsor identified revisions to the current 15-of-22-month and 12-of-22-month review points) and it permits judges to consider three additional factors in best-interest…
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