Relating to circuit court's responsibilities in juvenile abuse and neglect proceedings

Continuance orders must now include specific factual basis for granting continuances, and courts must report findings to Public Defender Services when continuances result from attorney or guardian ad litem actions.

Guardian ad litem responsibilities during improvement periods must be explicitly outlined in court orders, including case-specific requirements.

Post-adjudicatory and post-dispositional improvement periods now require additional findings about whether the respondent has experienced substantial changes in circumstances before granting subsequent periods.

Added a new provision requiring that once an adoption case is assigned to a child placing agency, all court hearing notices must be sent to that agency as an interested party.

Updated formatting and numbering throughout the document to reflect the Committee Substitute version, including changes to section headers and paragraph numbering.