Why is surrender or termination of a parent’s rights not used as a deprivation factor as Title IV-E Initial Determination?
Answer 5: Federal rules do not permit these as a deprivation factor. Question 6: When making this determination for Title IV-E parental deprivation, is it the calendar month, the business month or the date the court petition leading to removal was filed/voluntary placement agreement was signed? Answer 6: Parental deprivation is as of the date of the court order placing the child into foster care. Conditions during the month the voluntary placement was signed or the court proceeding leading to the child’s removal was initiated. Question 7: In determining the deprivation factor, is the biological parent always used? Can the legal or adoptive parent be used? Answer 7: For deprivation the adoptive parent can be used. A legal parent is the husband the woman was married to at the time of the child’s birth, even if he is not the child’s biological father. Question 8: The Eligibility Manual (Re-determination) indicates that incapacity of one of the parents must relate to the child’s need for p
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