(a) Within thirty days after the voluntary care agreement is signed, the department shall file with the court in the county where the young adult resides a petition invoking the jurisdiction of the court under this part, which shall contain:
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Young adult: means a person who has attained the age of eighteen or older, but is less than twenty-one years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-392
(1) The young adult’s name, date of birth, and current address;(2) A statement of facts that supports the eligibility of the young adult for foster care services that includes the following:
(A) The reasonable efforts made to achieve permanency for the young adult; and(B) The reasons why it is in the best interest of the young adult to extend foster care services; and(3) A copy of the signed voluntary care agreement.(b) Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall open a young adult voluntary foster care case for the purpose of determining whether extending foster care services is in the young adult’s best interests. The court shall conduct a hearing and make its determination no later than fifteen days after the filing of the petition.(c) The court shall set a periodic review to be held within one hundred eighty days after the signing of the voluntary care agreement.
