Art. 677. Case plan review
A. At the disposition hearing, the court shall consider the content or implementation
of the case plan and any response filed concerning it. At any other hearing held subsequent
to the filing of the case plan, on its own motion or upon motion of any party for good cause
shown, the court may consider the content or implementation of the case plan or of any
response filed concerning it.
B. If no party files a written response objecting to the case plan and the court finds
that the plan protects the health, welfare, and safety of the child and is in the best interest of
the child, the court shall render an order approving the plan.
C. If the court does not approve the case plan, the court shall enter specific written
reasons for finding that the plan does not protect the health, welfare, and safety of the child
or is otherwise not in the best interest of the child.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 612, §1; Acts 1999, No.
449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 272, §1.