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Democratic 2022 Representative In General Court

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

Tricia Farley-Bouvier was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in a special election on October 18, 2011, and began serving as Pittsfield's State Representative a short three weeks later. As of January 2013, the 3rd Berkshire District includes all of Pittsfield except Ward 1B, which borders Lanesborough and Dalton.

Improve Permanency and Placement Stability

  • This legislation: allows each child age 7 or older in DCF’s care to have the opportunity to express their preferred custody placement; allows for each parent to provide any name of an adult who can provide custody to their children; requires that the issue of whether reasonable efforts have been made be raised at a series of existing hearings including, both the ex parte removal hearing and the temporary orders hearing under section 24, the pre-trial conference, and permanency hearings under section; requires a regional clinical review team to conduct a review when any child or young adult has experienced more than 2 placements in a single foster care episode; allows a child who is 12 years or older to petition the court to reinstate parental rights if more than 2 years have passed since the entry of the order and if the permanency goal for the child is no longer adoption.