OAR 413-070-0510: Obligation to Seek Legal Permanency

(1) Except when a parent has subjected a child or young adult to aggravated circumstances as defined in ORS 419B.340 or active efforts are required because the child or young adult is, or there is reason to know the child or young adult may be an Indian child , the Department must make reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families by: (a) Establishing conditions for return described in OAR 413-040-0006 when a child or young adult is removed; and (b) Implementing a permanency plan to make it possible for the child or young adult to safely return home. (2) The Department must also make reasonable efforts to achieve the concurrent permanent plan for permanency through tribal customary adoption , adoption , guardianship, placement with a fit and willing relative , or APPLA. (3) The Department must seek approval of the court prior to changing the permanency plan of a child or young adult .