Index the issues for a dependency hearing paper
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- List each issue named in the petition, the case plan and the existing orders, with the document and the page. Write no sentence of the submissions and no sentence that will be filed.
- What the lawyer must review
- You write the submissions. Section 671(a)(16) provides for a case plan, as defined in § 675(1), for each child receiving foster care maintenance payments under the state plan. Section 675(1) defines a case plan as a written document that includes, in paragraph (B), a plan for assuring safe and proper care and services to the parents, the child and the foster parents. Section 671(a)(15)(A) makes the child's health and safety the paramount concern in determining and making reasonable efforts. Section 671(a)(15)(B), except as subparagraph (D) provides, requires reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families: before placement in foster care, to prevent or eliminate the need for removing the child from the child's home, and to make it possible for a child to safely return to the child's home. The index does not decide those efforts. Apply subparagraph (D) from the statute.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming the tool’s capability and permitted scope. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Confirm instructions and personal circumstances through appropriate direct engagement. Have the responsible lawyer assess safety, capacity or vulnerability concerns and escalation.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.