Guardianship 624-05-15-115-20

(Revised 2/10/07 ML #3053)

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The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, (Title IV-E of the Social Security Act) recognizes guardianship as a permanency option for some children.

 

A legal guardianship means a judicially created relationship between child and caretaker. This can be accomplished without termination of parental rights. (See: N.D.C.C. 27-20-48-1 and N.D.C.C. 30.1-27.).  

 

The North Dakota Department of Human Services has developed a subsidized guardianship program for those older youth in foster care who do not have the option of returning home, living with a relative, or adoption.   

 

Guardianship is a permanent arrangement and should be considered only after exhausting all other permanency options.

 

Please refer to NDDSH Service Chapter 623-10, “Subsidized Guardianship,” for more information.