Section 315.205  Return Home Within Five Months

a)         Description

            The minor will be returned home by a specific date within five months from the date of case opening or the court permanency hearing at which the goal is set by the court.

b)         Criteria for Selection

            Returning home within five months should be established as the permanency goal:

1)         when on the basis of the current assessment and/or a history of service delivery, the parents are willing and able to correct the conditions that led to the child's removal from the home by a date within five months; and

2)         when the child's best interests will be served by reunification within five months; or

3)         when the goal has been ordered by the court.