---
title: "Index the issues for a dependency hearing paper"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/prepare-the-written-submissions-for-the-establishment-or-final-hearing/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A52-E20261018-4-US"
practice_area: "Child Protection & Care Proceedings"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Index the issues for a dependency hearing paper

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/prepare-the-written-submissions-for-the-establishment-or-final-hearing/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Child Protection & Care Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| 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 | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the written submissions for the establishment or final hearing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/prepare-the-written-submissions-for-the-establishment-or-final-hearing.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: 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.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Sections 671 and 675 are conditions of a Title IV-E state plan. They are not a national children's court, and a state's own time limits can be shorter.
- Section 675(1) requires the case plan to meet section 675a. That section was not opened. Open it before you add a requirement from it.

## Sources

- [42 U.S.C. § 671 (Title IV-E state plan, including reasonable efforts)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/671) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 U.S.C. § 675 (Title IV-E definitions, including the case plan and case review)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/675) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*