Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding conditions under which termination may be granted.

I.C. 16-2005(5) allows for simultaneous adoption with termination of parental rights (TPR) in certain specified circumstances. Prior to 2020, this process was also used for non-simultaneous adoption of children in DHW's custody, untiltheIdahoSupremeCourtdecidedinMatterofDoeI,166Idaho759(2020)thatnon-simultaneous adoption was not allowed for children in DHW's custody because it is not expressly stated in the statute. The result of this decision is children remain in DHW's custody longer with the state covering the costs of the child's care when there is person willing to adopt and parents would consent to the termination. This bill gets children to permanency faster and restores the status quo ante by allowing simultaneous adoption for the adoption of children in DHW's legal custody as occurred prior to 2020.