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Here they try to have a permancy plan in place at the 11 month mark, so that at 12 months there will be a permancy planning hearing where some home will be decided for the child by the judge.
Sometimes the judges will give the parents a 3 months extension if they really feel that reunification is possible, but only 3 more months because they take the 15 months in care federal guildeline very seriously.
Kids can be reunited sooner if things are going well, but usually remain in the custody of DFS until that 12 month mark just to be sure and to monitor the situation.
Rarely do parental rights get terminated sooner than 12 months, they want to give the parents pleanty of time to work on their plan.
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