Orders on hearing
§ 1065. Orders on hearing. (a) If the court determines after hearing that continued placement serves the purposes of this article, it shall deny the motion. The court may, on its own motion, determine a schedule for the return of the child, change the agency or institution in which the child is placed, or direct the agency or institution to make such other arrangements for the child's care and welfare as the facts of the case may require.
(b) If the court determines after hearing that continued placement does not serve the purposes of this article, the court shall discharge the child from the custody of the agency or the institution in accord with section one thousand fifty-four of this article.
If continued placement serves the article's purposes, deny; the court may still set a return schedule or change the agency. If continued placement does not serve those purposes, discharge the child (per § 1054).
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.