3.1 Pursuant to FCRPP 32(2)(a), a separate petition shall be filed for each child in a Termination of Parental Rights case and individual case numbers shall be assigned by the Clerk of the Court in proceedings filed pursuant to KRS Chapters 199 and 625. Pursuant to FCRPP 32(2)(b), every petition in an adoption or termination of parental rights shall include the following:

3.2 Pursuant to FCRPP 33, no request for final hearing shall be made prior to the filing of the state child protective service agency report pursuant to KRS 199.510 and the guardian ad litem report, if any, pursuant to KRS 199.515. In the event of an uncontested adoption, a hearing shall be held within thirty (30) days of the filing of a request for a final hearing. A continuance of any final hearing date shall not be granted except upon good cause shown. Annual permanency review hearings shall continue to be held in any dependency, neglect and abuse action as required by FCRPP 23 until finalization of the adoption.

3.3 Pursuant to FCRPP 34, immediately upon the filing of any petition for involuntary termination of parental rights, the petitioner shall obtain a pretrial date. In the event the parents are not served prior to the pretrial date, the pretrial date shall be used as a case status review to expedite the proceeding. A continuance of any final hearing date shall not be granted except upon good cause shown. The annual permanency review hearings shall continue to be held in any dependency, neglect and abuse action as required by FCRPP 23 until permanency is achieved.

3.4 Pursuant to FCRPP 35, the Clerk of the Court shall send two (2) certified copies of the order terminating parental rights to the state child protective agency. The prospective adoptive parent or his or her attorney, if any, may obtain a certified copy of the order terminating parental rights from the state child protective agency to attach to the adoption petition.

3.5 Pursuant to FCRPP 36, if an order terminating parental rights is entered, a copy of the order shall also be certified to the record in the underlying dependency, neglect and abuse case which shall be identified in the order. The clerk of the court in the underlying dependency, neglect and abuse case shall docket the matter for a review hearing within ninety (90) days from the date of the entry of the order of termination of parental rights and shall docket the matter as directed by the court at least annually thereafter until permanency is achieved.