{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-38-2208","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 38-2208","heading":"Same; duties and powers.","body":"(a) The citizen review board shall have the duty, authority and power to:\n(1) Review each case referred to them, and such additional cases as the board deems appropriate, of a child who is the subject of a child in need of care petition or who has been adjudicated a child in need of care, receive verbal information from all persons with pertinent knowledge of the case and have access to materials contained in the court's files on the case;\n(2) determine the progress which has been made to acquire a permanent home for the child in need of care;\n(3) suggest an alternative case goal if progress has been insufficient; and\n(4) make recommendations to the judge regarding further actions on the case.\n(b) The initial review by the citizen review board may take place any time after a petition is filed for a child in need of care.\n(c) In any case referred to a citizen review board, the court shall conduct a hearing at least once each year.\n(d) The judge shall consider the citizen review board recommendations in making an authorized dispositional order pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2255, and amendments thereto, and may incorporate the citizen review board's recommendations into an order in lieu of a hearing.\n(e) Three members of the citizen review board shall be present to review a case.\n(f) The court shall provide a place for the reviews to be held. The citizen review board members shall travel to the county of the family residence of the child being reviewed to hold the review.","path":["Chapter 38.—MINORS","Article 22.—REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch38/038_022_0008.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:46Z","sha256":"d0a03add91c9b6eb63d7b1e66ce40dec8cca9c4396f5f201ca9d41acdb989fe9","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-38-2207","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-38-2209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}