OAR 413-070-0855: Determining Priority in Visit and Contact Plans

(1) Unless the court has entered an order regarding visitation by the parents, guardians, siblings, or grandparents of the child or young adult, the caseworker determines a hierarchy of the attachments of the child or young adult and prioritizes visits with the parents or guardians and siblings. The caseworker may consider, in consultation with the caregiver, the preferences expressed by the child or young adult. (2) When the permanency plan is reunification with a parent or guardian, the priority of the caseworker is to provide visits with parents or guardians, siblings, and each intervenor granted visitation by the court. (3) When the permanency plan is a plan other than reunification with the parents or guardians, the visitation priority of the caseworker is to preserve attachment to parents or guardians and siblings and promote attachment of the child or young adult to the permanent placement resource. (4) When appropriate, the caseworker may establish visits between the child or young adult and extended family members. (5) When appropriate, the caseworker may establish visits between the child or young adult and non-related persons with whom the child or young adult has a significant attachment.