New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Part 7 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES LEGAL
Section 8.10.7.19 - DISCHARGE HEARING AND CONTINUED JURISDICTION OF THE COURT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The discharge hearing is the last review or permanency hearing held prior to the youth's eighteenth (18th) birthday at which the court shall review the youth's transition plan (see herein at Paragraph (2) of Subsection F of 8.10.7.15 NMAC) and shall determine whether or not PSD has made reasonable efforts to provide the youth with information and assistance as required in the Children's Code, Section 32A-4-25.3, NMSA 1978 (See youth services program, 8.10.9.17 NMAC).
B. If the court determines reasonable efforts were not made and that termination of jurisdiction would be harmful to the young adult, the court may continue to exercise its jurisdiction for a period not to exceed one (1) year from the youth's eighteenth (18th) birthday. The young adult may consent to continued jurisdiction of the court. The court may dismiss the case at any time after the youth's eighteenth (18th) birthday for good cause.