Relating to the vacation of certain termination of parental rights orders

This bill relates to the vacation of certain termination of parental rights orders. Under the bill, if the court issues an order granting the termination of parental rights petition of a biological parent who indicated as the grounds for termination that the parent has signed a release of custody and the release has not been revoked, but the court has not issued an order granting the termination of parental rights of any other putative biological parent nor has the other putative biological parent consented to the adoption in lieu of termination of the parent’s parental rights thereby prohibiting the filing of an adoption petition, the court shall allow the parent for whom the court issued an order terminating parental rights to request a vacation of the order within days of issuance of the granting of the order. The period for the request shall not be waived or extended and a vacation shall not be granted after the expiration of the period. The juvenile court shall grant the vacation request only if it is in the best interest of the child. The supreme court shall prescribe rules to establish a period of days in which a terminated parent may request a vacation of a termination order under the bill.