§49-7-29. General provisions relating to court orders regarding
custody; promulgation of rules.
The supreme court of appeals, in consultation with the
department of health and human resources and the division of
juvenile services in order to eliminate unnecessary state funding
of out-of-home placements where federal funding is available, shall
develop and cause to be disseminated no later than the first day of
July, two thousand three, form court orders to effectuate
provisions of chapter forty-nine of this code which authorize
disclosure and transfer of juvenile records between agencies while
requiring maintenance of confidentiality, the provisions of Title
142 U.S.C. Section 620, et seq., and Title 42 U.S.C. Section 670,
et seq., relating to the promulgation of uniform court orders for
placement of minor children and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, for use in the magistrate and circuit courts of the
state.
Circuit judges and magistrates, upon being supplied the form
orders required by the provision of this section, shall act to
ensure the proper form order is entered in such case so as to allow
federal funding of eligible out-of-home placements.