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SECTION 1062
Motion to terminate placement
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 10, PART 6
§ 1062. Motion to terminate placement. Any interested person acting on
behalf of a child placed under section one thousand fifty-five of this
article, the child's parent, or the person legally responsible for the
child may make a motion to the court for an order terminating the
placement. The motion must:

(a) show that an application for the child's return to his or her home
was made to an appropriate person in the place in which the child was
placed;

(b) show that the application was denied or was not granted within
thirty days from the day application was made; and

(c) be accompanied by a sworn affidavit stating the grounds for the
motion.