http://www.nhfapa.org/images/categoryItems/January_20111294889110.pdf
Find Your Stolen Children
This Fan letter is from January 2010.
Check out the Adoption Corner on Page 9. You just might see who has adopted your stolen children.
FYI-In November of 2010 sibling's were adopted by a NH official.
In December 2010, two half sibling's were adopted by the same couple that adopted my granddaughter. Now Isabella has two half, non-biological sister's who were placed in the foster stranger's home five years ago, shortly after she was.
Boy this state really likes paying out the blood money don't they!
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Sunday, June 12, 2011
NH DCYF Five Year Plan-Crock of Bull!
2004-2009 COMPREHENSIVE CHILD
AND FAMILY SERVICES PLAN
ANNUAL PROGRESS AND SERVICES
REPORT
JUNE 30, 2008
http://128.121.25.104:8080/awweb/pdfopener?md=1&did=24092
AND FAMILY SERVICES PLAN
ANNUAL PROGRESS AND SERVICES
REPORT
JUNE 30, 2008
http://128.121.25.104:8080/awweb/pdfopener?md=1&did=24092
NH Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency
Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency
NEW HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT
COURT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE FAMILY DIVISION
AND
N.H. PROBATE COURT
Revised April 2003
INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency Planning were made possible through a federal grant received by the New Hampshire Administrative Office of the Courts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
This exciting grant opportunity allowed the New Hampshire District Court to develop and oversee the Court Improvement Project (CIP). Members of the CIP worked tirelessly on the creation of this manual, which began with a careful review of the Resource Guidelines for Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases produced by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
The Protocols are the result of a significant collaboration among the District Court, Family Division, Probate Court and Superior Court, as well as representatives from the Bar, Legislature, CASA, the Division for Children, Youth and Families, Judicial Council, law enforcement and the Attorney General's Office. Foster parents and service providers also contributed to this endeavor. We owe a debt of gratitude to members of the New Hampshire Court Improvement Project's Advisory Committee and Protocol Committees, who gave most generously of their time, knowledge and expertise in the development and review of these protocols.
Special thanks are also extended to Lauren Thorn, Pam Neville, Jim O'Neil, Diane Hufstader, Janice Boynton and Marge Therrien from the Office of the Administrative Judge of the District Court. Their steadfast efforts, and untold hours of drafting and redrafting, formatting and reformatting, are greatly appreciated.
Insofar as these protocols suggest any interpretation of the law, the reader should bear in mind that the interpretation of the law, as it applies to any given case, is within the sole province of the trial judge, subject to the ultimate review of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Protocols do not create substantive rights that do not currently exist and should not be considered as superseding any constitutional or statutory rights of parties to abuse and neglect proceedings.
We strongly encourage the use of the Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency Planning in the District Court, Family Division, and Probate Court and hope that each of us will improve, in some small way, our handling of these most important cases.
Edwin W. Kelly
Administrative Judge
District Court Susan B. Carbon
Supervisory Judge
Grafton County
Family Division John R. Maher
Administrative Judge
Probate Court
Read more at the above link
NEW HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT
COURT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE FAMILY DIVISION
AND
N.H. PROBATE COURT
Revised April 2003
INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency Planning were made possible through a federal grant received by the New Hampshire Administrative Office of the Courts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
This exciting grant opportunity allowed the New Hampshire District Court to develop and oversee the Court Improvement Project (CIP). Members of the CIP worked tirelessly on the creation of this manual, which began with a careful review of the Resource Guidelines for Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases produced by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
The Protocols are the result of a significant collaboration among the District Court, Family Division, Probate Court and Superior Court, as well as representatives from the Bar, Legislature, CASA, the Division for Children, Youth and Families, Judicial Council, law enforcement and the Attorney General's Office. Foster parents and service providers also contributed to this endeavor. We owe a debt of gratitude to members of the New Hampshire Court Improvement Project's Advisory Committee and Protocol Committees, who gave most generously of their time, knowledge and expertise in the development and review of these protocols.
Special thanks are also extended to Lauren Thorn, Pam Neville, Jim O'Neil, Diane Hufstader, Janice Boynton and Marge Therrien from the Office of the Administrative Judge of the District Court. Their steadfast efforts, and untold hours of drafting and redrafting, formatting and reformatting, are greatly appreciated.
Insofar as these protocols suggest any interpretation of the law, the reader should bear in mind that the interpretation of the law, as it applies to any given case, is within the sole province of the trial judge, subject to the ultimate review of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Protocols do not create substantive rights that do not currently exist and should not be considered as superseding any constitutional or statutory rights of parties to abuse and neglect proceedings.
We strongly encourage the use of the Protocols Relative to Abuse and Neglect Cases and Permanency Planning in the District Court, Family Division, and Probate Court and hope that each of us will improve, in some small way, our handling of these most important cases.
Edwin W. Kelly
Administrative Judge
District Court Susan B. Carbon
Supervisory Judge
Grafton County
Family Division John R. Maher
Administrative Judge
Probate Court
Read more at the above link
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Child Protective Services returns 7 Muslim kids to their mom, were to be put in non-Muslim home-Old article but worth the Read
Child Protective Services returns 7 Muslim kids to their mom, were to be put in non-Muslim homes - Albany CPS and Family Court | Examiner.com
Seven children removed by Child Protective Services from their home because their father allegedly molested an unrelated child, have been returned to their mother, Asha Gobana, according to the Assciated Press. One hundred East African Muslims staged an all day protest when they heard that the children were to be placed in non-Muslim homes. How much effect the protest had on the judge's decision is not known.
Continue reading on Examiner.com Child Protective Services returns 7 Muslim kids to their mom, were to be put in non-Muslim homes - Albany CPS and Family Court | Examiner.com
Seven children removed by Child Protective Services from their home because their father allegedly molested an unrelated child, have been returned to their mother, Asha Gobana, according to the Assciated Press. One hundred East African Muslims staged an all day protest when they heard that the children were to be placed in non-Muslim homes. How much effect the protest had on the judge's decision is not known.
Continue reading on Examiner.com Child Protective Services returns 7 Muslim kids to their mom, were to be put in non-Muslim homes - Albany CPS and Family Court | Examiner.com
NH DCYF Statewide Assessment's July 2010-Nashua only-Failed Again!
http://childwelfare.net/cfsreview/hhs_docs/statereports/NH/Statewideassessment2ndRoundCFSR.pdf
NH DCYF Statewide Assessment's July 2010-Nashua only
Item 1: Timeliness of initiating investigations of reports of child maltreatment
How effective is the agency in responding to incoming reports of child maltreatment in a timely manner?
Percent Rated as a Strength
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 2: Repeat Maltreatment
How effective is the agency in reducing the recurrence of maltreatment of children?
Nashua
Aug-09
No Answer
Item 3: Services to family to protect children in the home and prevent removal or re-entry into foster care
How effective is the agency in providing services, when appropriate, to prevent removal of children from their homes?
Nashua
Aug-10
83.3
Item 4: Risk assessment and safety management
How effective is the agency in reducing the risk of harm to children, including those in foster care and those who receive
services in their own homes?
Nashua
Aug-10
66.7
Item 5: Foster care re-entries
How effective is the agency in preventing multiple entries of children into foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
No Answer
Item 6: Stability of foster care placement
How effective is the agency in providing placement stability for children in foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
77.8
Item 7: Permanency goal for child
How effective is the agency in determining the appropriate permanency goals for children on a timely basis when
they enter foster care
Nashua
Aug-10
44.4
Item 8: Reunification, guardianship, or permanent placement with relatives
How effective is the agency in helping children in foster care return safely to their families when appropriate?
Nashua
Aug-10
66.7
Item 9: Adoption
How effective is the agency in achieving timely adoption when that is appropriate for the child?
Nashua
Aug-10
25
Item 10: Other permanent planned living arrangement
How effective is the agency in establishing planned permanent living arrangements for children in foster care,
who do not have the goal of reunification, adoption, guardianship, or permanent placement with relatives, and
providing services consistent with the goal?
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 11: Proximity of out of home placement
How effective is the agency in placing foster children close to their birth parents or their own communities or counties?
Nashua
Aug-10
88.9
Item 12: Placement with siblings
How effective is the agency in keeping brothers and sisters together in foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 13: Visiting with parents and siblings in foster care
How effective is the agency in planning and facilitating visitation between children in foster care and their parents and siblings
placed separately in foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
55.6
Item 14: Preserving connections
How effective is the agency in preserving important connections for children in foster care, such as connections to neighborhood,
community, faith,family, tribe and friends?
Nashua
Aug-10
55.6
Item 15: Relative placement
How effective is the agency in identifying relatives who could care for children entering foster care, and using them as placement
resources when appropriate?
Nashua
Aug-10
33.3
Item 16: Relationship of child in care with parents
How effective is the agency in promoting or helping to maintain the parent-child relationship for children in foster care, when it is
appropriate to do so?
Nashua
Aug-10
55.6
Item 17: Needs and services of child, parents, foster parents.
How effective is the agency in assessing the needs of children, parents,
and foster parents, and in providing needed services to children in foster care,
to their parents and foster parents, and to children and families receiving
in-home services?
Nashua
Aug-10
33.3
Item 18: Child and family involvement in case planning.
Were concerted efforts made to involve parents and children
(if developmentally appropriate) in the case planning process on an
ongoing basis?
Nashua
Aug-10
50
Item 19: Caseworker visits with child.
How effective are agency workers in conducting faceto-face visits as often as needed
with children in foster care and those who receive services in their own homes?
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 20: Worker visits with parents.
How effective are agency workers in conducting faceto-face visits as often as needed with
parents of children in foster care and parents of children receiving in-home services?
Nashua
Aug-10
50
Item 21: Educational needs of the child.
How effective is the agency in addressing the educational needs of children in foster care
and those receiving services in their own home.
Nashua
Aug-10
81.8
Item 22: Physical health of the Child:
How effective is the agency in identifying and addressing the physical health and medical needs,
including dental needs, of children receiving in-home and foster care services?
Nashua
Aug-10
100
Item 23: Mental/behavioral health of the child.
How effective is the agency in identifying, assessing, and addressing the behavioral, emotional, and
mental health needs of children?
Nashua
Aug-10
63.6
NH DCYF Statewide Assessment's July 2010-Nashua only
Item 1: Timeliness of initiating investigations of reports of child maltreatment
How effective is the agency in responding to incoming reports of child maltreatment in a timely manner?
Percent Rated as a Strength
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 2: Repeat Maltreatment
How effective is the agency in reducing the recurrence of maltreatment of children?
Nashua
Aug-09
No Answer
Item 3: Services to family to protect children in the home and prevent removal or re-entry into foster care
How effective is the agency in providing services, when appropriate, to prevent removal of children from their homes?
Nashua
Aug-10
83.3
Item 4: Risk assessment and safety management
How effective is the agency in reducing the risk of harm to children, including those in foster care and those who receive
services in their own homes?
Nashua
Aug-10
66.7
Item 5: Foster care re-entries
How effective is the agency in preventing multiple entries of children into foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
No Answer
Item 6: Stability of foster care placement
How effective is the agency in providing placement stability for children in foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
77.8
Item 7: Permanency goal for child
How effective is the agency in determining the appropriate permanency goals for children on a timely basis when
they enter foster care
Nashua
Aug-10
44.4
Item 8: Reunification, guardianship, or permanent placement with relatives
How effective is the agency in helping children in foster care return safely to their families when appropriate?
Nashua
Aug-10
66.7
Item 9: Adoption
How effective is the agency in achieving timely adoption when that is appropriate for the child?
Nashua
Aug-10
25
Item 10: Other permanent planned living arrangement
How effective is the agency in establishing planned permanent living arrangements for children in foster care,
who do not have the goal of reunification, adoption, guardianship, or permanent placement with relatives, and
providing services consistent with the goal?
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 11: Proximity of out of home placement
How effective is the agency in placing foster children close to their birth parents or their own communities or counties?
Nashua
Aug-10
88.9
Item 12: Placement with siblings
How effective is the agency in keeping brothers and sisters together in foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 13: Visiting with parents and siblings in foster care
How effective is the agency in planning and facilitating visitation between children in foster care and their parents and siblings
placed separately in foster care?
Nashua
Aug-10
55.6
Item 14: Preserving connections
How effective is the agency in preserving important connections for children in foster care, such as connections to neighborhood,
community, faith,family, tribe and friends?
Nashua
Aug-10
55.6
Item 15: Relative placement
How effective is the agency in identifying relatives who could care for children entering foster care, and using them as placement
resources when appropriate?
Nashua
Aug-10
33.3
Item 16: Relationship of child in care with parents
How effective is the agency in promoting or helping to maintain the parent-child relationship for children in foster care, when it is
appropriate to do so?
Nashua
Aug-10
55.6
Item 17: Needs and services of child, parents, foster parents.
How effective is the agency in assessing the needs of children, parents,
and foster parents, and in providing needed services to children in foster care,
to their parents and foster parents, and to children and families receiving
in-home services?
Nashua
Aug-10
33.3
Item 18: Child and family involvement in case planning.
Were concerted efforts made to involve parents and children
(if developmentally appropriate) in the case planning process on an
ongoing basis?
Nashua
Aug-10
50
Item 19: Caseworker visits with child.
How effective are agency workers in conducting faceto-face visits as often as needed
with children in foster care and those who receive services in their own homes?
Nashua
Aug-10
75
Item 20: Worker visits with parents.
How effective are agency workers in conducting faceto-face visits as often as needed with
parents of children in foster care and parents of children receiving in-home services?
Nashua
Aug-10
50
Item 21: Educational needs of the child.
How effective is the agency in addressing the educational needs of children in foster care
and those receiving services in their own home.
Nashua
Aug-10
81.8
Item 22: Physical health of the Child:
How effective is the agency in identifying and addressing the physical health and medical needs,
including dental needs, of children receiving in-home and foster care services?
Nashua
Aug-10
100
Item 23: Mental/behavioral health of the child.
How effective is the agency in identifying, assessing, and addressing the behavioral, emotional, and
mental health needs of children?
Nashua
Aug-10
63.6
Division of Children, Youth and Families | New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Children, Youth and Families | New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Do You See Anything Listed Here For Re-unification? I don't. There's plenty for Foster Stranger's though! Supposedly Reunification is the preferred permanency option. In your dreams!
Message from the Director
Welcome to the Division for Children Youth & Families (DCYF). DCYF is committed to being a responsive organization, providing up-to-date information on our services and programs.
Maggie Bishop
(603) 271-4440
mbishop@dhhs.state.nh.us
The Division for Children, Youth and Families manages protective programs on behalf of New Hampshire's children and youth and their families.
DCYF staff provide a wide range of family-centered services with the goal of meeting the needs of parents and their children and strengthening the family system. Services are designed to support families and children in their own homes and communities whenever possible. The major program areas of DCYF are:
Child Protection
The Bureau of Child Protection works to protect children from abuse and neglect while attempting to preserve the family unit. Child Protective Service Workers help prevent further harm to children from intentional physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, exploitation or neglect by a person responsible for a child's health or welfare.
Permanency
Permanency means that a child has a long term, safe, stable environment. This creates a lifelong relationship with a nurturing caregiver to establish the foundation for a child's health development. Permanency Workers are located in each District Office and are trained to assist children and their families to identify permanent, lifelong connections. Reunification is the preferred permanency option. When reunification is not possible, adoption, guardianship or another permanent living arrangement is sought.
Adolescents
The Adolescent program is designed to ensure that the current and former DCYF and DJJS youth obtain the preparation, resources and positive youth development they need to establish permanent connections and become healthy, self sufficient and successful adults. Adolescent workers with specialized training lead, educate and collaborate with youth, colleagues and the community to ensure the best practice for adolescents.
Foster Care
The Foster Care Program provides foster family homes and a family experience for children who cannot be safely cared for in their own homes. Specially trained Resource Workers in each DCYF District Office recruit, train and license foster families, and match children in need of out-of-home care with a foster family best suited to meet the specific needs of each child.
Foster Care Health Program (FCHP)
The Foster Care Health Program (FCHP) is committed to meeting the health care needs of children in out-of-home placement. Through healthcare coordination and consultation, children in DCYF out-of-home placements will receive the on-going care they need to achieve and maintain optimal physical, emotional and developmental health.
Adoption
The Adoption program provides an array of services to families who adopt children through DCYF. These services include:
Case management
Education
Information and referral
Financial assistance
Support groups
Assistance to adoptees searching for their birth families
Community and Family Supports
Community and Family Support Services provides services both to families in their communities, and to families that are involved with DCYF, including:
Funding for community-based programs that work to prevent child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, and out-of-home placement of children and youth;
Clinical services and mental health support for children involved with DCYF;
Educational advocacy and support for children involved with DCYF.
Child Development Bureau
Provides technical assistance and support to early care and education programs
Provides consumer education and child care training programs to help develop and maintain child care programs
Maintains statistics on the supply and demand of child care throughout NH.
Develops policy for the NH child care scholarship program.
Through the scholarship program, parents may apply for payments to subsidize the cost of child care when needed to look for work, remain employed, or participate in training.
Head Start State Collaborative Office
The NH Head Start Collaboration Office fosters collaboration and teamwork among the Head Start community, and state and local public and private partners concerned with pregnant women and families of young children aged birth to five years. To improve long-term outcomes for income-eligible families, the Collaboration Office works closely with the NH Head Start Directors Association to support coordination of efforts in 10 priority areas:
Health care (mental health, oral health, physical health)
Child care
Family assistance (child welfare and family assistance)(two priority areas)
Early childhood education opportunities
Community services
Family literacy
Children with disabilities & their families
Education (transition & alignment with K- 12)
Services for children without homes
Program Information
Program Operations
Child Protection Services
Adolescent Program
Child Development
Clinical Services
Community & Family Support
Domestic Violence
Foster Care & Adoption
Incentive Fund Program
NH Child Care Advisory Council
Organizational Learning & Quality Improvement
Provider Services
Publications
Contact Children, Youth & Families
Related Resources
Child Protective Services Worker Realistic Job Preview Video
Do You See Anything Listed Here For Re-unification? I don't. There's plenty for Foster Stranger's though! Supposedly Reunification is the preferred permanency option. In your dreams!
Message from the Director
Welcome to the Division for Children Youth & Families (DCYF). DCYF is committed to being a responsive organization, providing up-to-date information on our services and programs.
Maggie Bishop
(603) 271-4440
mbishop@dhhs.state.nh.us
The Division for Children, Youth and Families manages protective programs on behalf of New Hampshire's children and youth and their families.
DCYF staff provide a wide range of family-centered services with the goal of meeting the needs of parents and their children and strengthening the family system. Services are designed to support families and children in their own homes and communities whenever possible. The major program areas of DCYF are:
Child Protection
The Bureau of Child Protection works to protect children from abuse and neglect while attempting to preserve the family unit. Child Protective Service Workers help prevent further harm to children from intentional physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, exploitation or neglect by a person responsible for a child's health or welfare.
Permanency
Permanency means that a child has a long term, safe, stable environment. This creates a lifelong relationship with a nurturing caregiver to establish the foundation for a child's health development. Permanency Workers are located in each District Office and are trained to assist children and their families to identify permanent, lifelong connections. Reunification is the preferred permanency option. When reunification is not possible, adoption, guardianship or another permanent living arrangement is sought.
Adolescents
The Adolescent program is designed to ensure that the current and former DCYF and DJJS youth obtain the preparation, resources and positive youth development they need to establish permanent connections and become healthy, self sufficient and successful adults. Adolescent workers with specialized training lead, educate and collaborate with youth, colleagues and the community to ensure the best practice for adolescents.
Foster Care
The Foster Care Program provides foster family homes and a family experience for children who cannot be safely cared for in their own homes. Specially trained Resource Workers in each DCYF District Office recruit, train and license foster families, and match children in need of out-of-home care with a foster family best suited to meet the specific needs of each child.
Foster Care Health Program (FCHP)
The Foster Care Health Program (FCHP) is committed to meeting the health care needs of children in out-of-home placement. Through healthcare coordination and consultation, children in DCYF out-of-home placements will receive the on-going care they need to achieve and maintain optimal physical, emotional and developmental health.
Adoption
The Adoption program provides an array of services to families who adopt children through DCYF. These services include:
Case management
Education
Information and referral
Financial assistance
Support groups
Assistance to adoptees searching for their birth families
Community and Family Supports
Community and Family Support Services provides services both to families in their communities, and to families that are involved with DCYF, including:
Funding for community-based programs that work to prevent child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, and out-of-home placement of children and youth;
Clinical services and mental health support for children involved with DCYF;
Educational advocacy and support for children involved with DCYF.
Child Development Bureau
Provides technical assistance and support to early care and education programs
Provides consumer education and child care training programs to help develop and maintain child care programs
Maintains statistics on the supply and demand of child care throughout NH.
Develops policy for the NH child care scholarship program.
Through the scholarship program, parents may apply for payments to subsidize the cost of child care when needed to look for work, remain employed, or participate in training.
Head Start State Collaborative Office
The NH Head Start Collaboration Office fosters collaboration and teamwork among the Head Start community, and state and local public and private partners concerned with pregnant women and families of young children aged birth to five years. To improve long-term outcomes for income-eligible families, the Collaboration Office works closely with the NH Head Start Directors Association to support coordination of efforts in 10 priority areas:
Health care (mental health, oral health, physical health)
Child care
Family assistance (child welfare and family assistance)(two priority areas)
Early childhood education opportunities
Community services
Family literacy
Children with disabilities & their families
Education (transition & alignment with K- 12)
Services for children without homes
Program Information
Program Operations
Child Protection Services
Adolescent Program
Child Development
Clinical Services
Community & Family Support
Domestic Violence
Foster Care & Adoption
Incentive Fund Program
NH Child Care Advisory Council
Organizational Learning & Quality Improvement
Provider Services
Publications
Contact Children, Youth & Families
Related Resources
Child Protective Services Worker Realistic Job Preview Video
Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families New Hampshire- Too Bad There Aren't Any!
Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families New Hampshire -
What Are Reasonable Efforts
There are NO Reasonable Effort's afforded to parent's in NH and there is no such thing as preventing placement. Every child is considered by DCYF to be in IMMINENT danger, whether the report is true or false!
Statute: § 169-C:24-a
Services to the family that are accessible, available, and appropriate
When Reasonable Efforts Are Required
Statute: § 169-C:24-a
To prevent placement
To reunify the family
To make and finalize a new permanent home for the
child
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When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required
Statute:
Not addressed in statutes reviewed
What Are Reasonable Efforts
There are NO Reasonable Effort's afforded to parent's in NH and there is no such thing as preventing placement. Every child is considered by DCYF to be in IMMINENT danger, whether the report is true or false!
Statute: § 169-C:24-a
Services to the family that are accessible, available, and appropriate
When Reasonable Efforts Are Required
Statute: § 169-C:24-a
To prevent placement
To reunify the family
To make and finalize a new permanent home for the
child
advertisement
When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required
Statute:
Not addressed in statutes reviewed
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