Section 400.15. Placements not subject to ICPC protection.

Rule 7. (1) ICPC protection does not apply under the following conditions:

(a)    When the court places the child with a parent from whom the child was not removed, and the court does the following:

(i)     Has no evidence that the parent is unfit.

(ii)    Does not seek any evidence from the receiving state that the parent is either fit or unfit.

(iii)    Relinquishes jurisdiction over the child immediately upon placement with the parent.

The receiving state shall have no responsibility for supervision or monitoring for the court having made the placement.

(b)   When a sending court/agency seeks an independent (not ICPC-related) courtesy check for placement with a parent from whom the child was not removed.

(2) The responsibility for credentials and quality of the courtesy check rests directly with the sending court/agency and the person or party in the receiving state who

agrees to conduct the courtesy check without invoking the protection of the ICPC home study process.

(ii) The requirement in subrule (2) of this rule does not prohibit a sending state from requesting an ICPC.

History: 2015 AACS.