New Jersey Div. of Youth v. Klw

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• holding that even when a parent affirmatively asks the Division not to explore a specific relative, the agency is obligated to explore relative placements independent of the parent's participation in the process
• noting that the Division's statutory obligation \does not permit willful blindness and inexplicable delay in assessing\ a relative
• commenting the Division is not obligated \to search the fifty states or even the twenty-one counties to identify [relatives] . . . .\
• stating the Division may not \embark on a course set for termination of parental rights and adoption by a [resource] parent without at least first exploring available relative placements\
• \Delay of permanency or reversal of termination based on the Division's noncompliance with its statutory obligations is warranted only when it is in the best interests of the child\
• \Delay of permanency or reversal of termination based on the Division's noncompliance with its statutory obligations is warranted only when it is in the best interests of the child.\

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