North Dakota Century Code Title 27. Judicial Branch of Government § 27-20.3-16. Disposition of child needing continued foster care services

a. That the child is not in need of protection or delinquent, but is in need of continued foster care services;

b. That the child will remain in or will return to foster care pursuant to the child's continued foster care agreement;

c. That the child's continued foster care agreement has been willfully entered between:

d. That it is in the best interest of the child to remain in or return to foster care;

e. That reasonable efforts were made in accordance with subsection 7 of section 27-20.3-18;

f. That the child has attained the age of eighteen or older but does not exceed the age of twenty-one years;

g. That the child has satisfied the education, employment, or disability requirements under the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 [Pub. L. 110-351] and as set forth by the department of health and human services;

h. That the human service zone, as determined by the department of health and human services, or that an agency or tribal council of a recognized Indian reservation in the state, shall continue foster care case management, unless otherwise agreed to or required by the department of health and human services;

i. That the human service zone or an agency or tribal council of a recognized Indian reservation in the state must have care and placement responsibility of the child;

j. That permanency hearing must be as set forth in section 27-20.3-36; and

k. That there are no grounds to file a petition to terminate parental rights under section 27-20.3-20.