In re Lisa M.

The statutory scheme for review of foster care is basically contained in section 392 of the Social Services Law, and, by subsequent enactment providing for initial review within 30 days, in section 358-a thereof. These statutes are basically a scheme to achieve the legislative purpose of serving as a " 'spur to the resolution of situations where foster care and the higher attendant expense thereof to the taxpayers * * * might have been allowed to continue indefinitely’ ” (Matter of Carla L., 45 AD2d 375, 384).

From the date of its initial enactment, the law has expanded in two basic areas. The…