37.51.802    YOUTH FOSTER HOMES: COOPERATION OF FOSTER PARENTS

(1) The foster parents shall cooperate with the placing agency and participate in case conferences and in-service training. Foster parents shall implement decisions made by the department regarding the child and shall support the department's permanent plan for the child.

(2) The foster parents shall permit and encourage contact and visitation between the foster child and the child's birth or legal family, including parents and siblings, except in those cases where a restriction of visitation is part of a court order or the written case plan.

History: 52-1-103, 52-2-111, 52-2-601, 52-2-621, 52-2-622, MCA; IMP, 52-1-103, 52-2-102, 52-2-111, 52-2-113, 52-2-115, 52-2-601, 52-2-603, 52-2-621, 52-2-666, MCA; NEW, 2006 MAR p. 1395, Eff. 6/2/06.