Child Legal Status Details

This screen allows you to view or update a child's legal status. Once a legal status record is saved, you can edit only the termination details and the comments. You can add a new legal status record only after entering a termination date on the previous legal status record of the same type or you have indicated that the previous record was created in error. The termination date must be before the effective date of the new record.

If the agency has custody of a child, each custody episode must be associated with a corresponding eligibility determination record for IV-E FCM. The system automatically creates this record for each initial legal status record and notifies the fiscal worker.

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Fields on this screen

Child Concerning	Select the child in the case. Available if access screen from the Court Order Details screen.
Legal Status	Select the child's legal status.
Effective Date	Enter the date this legal status record is effective.
Expiration Date	Enter the date on which this legal status is set to expire.
Does this Legal Status start new Custody Episode?	Select Yes if this is the initial custody status for the current custody episode. When you select Yes and save the record, the system automatically creates an initial IV-E FCM eligibility determination record in "Pending" status for the current custody period. The effective date on the eligibility record is the custody effective date on the legal record. The eligibility worker receives a notification stating that an eligibility record has been created. Until the current custody episode is terminated, a newly created agency legal status record will pre-fill with a value of No and is disabled. This field is disabled for child legal statuses and for DCS legal statuses of Court Ordered Protective Supervision, Court Ordered Protective Supervision Extension, and Temporary Court Order of Protective Supervision.
Termination Date	Enter the date on which this legal status was terminated.
Termination Reason	Enter the reason for the termination.
Does ending this Legal Status Terminate the custody episode?	Select Yes if the current custody episode has ended. When you select Yes and save the record, the system: Ends the current eligibility determination record, applying the custody termination as the eligibility determination termination date. In this instance, the system sends a notification to the eligibility worker. Ends the current reimbursability determination record, applying the custody termination as the reimbursability termination date. In this instance, the system sends a notification to the eligibility worker. Ensures that the termination date for this custody episode is not before the current reimbursability start date for this episode. This field is disabled for child legal statuses and for DCS legal statuses of Court Ordered Protective Supervision, Court Ordered Protective Supervision Extension and Temporary Court Order of Protective Supervision.
Comments	Enter an explanation for the change in legal status.
Marked in Error	Select this check box to indicate that this legal status record was created in error. If Yes was selected in the Initial Agency Legal Status for Custody Episode field, you cannot indicate that this record was created in error if the eligibility determination record linked to this legal status record is in "Complete" status. If the linked eligibility determination record is in "Pending" status, the system deletes that record when you indicate that this legal status record was created in error.