Regards custody of children who cannot be released to a parent

Added new subsections requiring complaints for habitual truancy to include specific allegations about school attendance violations and parental failure to ensure attendance.

Added requirements for complaints seeking custody to specifically request permanent custody, temporary custody, or planned permanent living arrangements.

Added new requirements for public children services agencies to provide detailed reports to foster caregivers and prospective adoptive parents about children's social history, violent acts, and psychological examinations.

Modified requirements for when power of attorney and caretaker authorization affidavits can be executed for children, adding restrictions during pending juvenile proceedings.

Added provisions requiring courts to make written findings of fact when determining whether reasonable efforts were made to prevent child removal from home.

Added specific circumstances under which agencies are not required to make reasonable efforts to prevent child removal, including parental criminal convictions and repeated abuse.

Added provisions allowing courts to consider complaints filed after a child turns eighteen if the complaint relates to acts committed before that age.

Added provisions requiring courts to consider diversion alternatives for habitual truancy cases before adjudication, making adjudication a last resort.