Participant Status

Unless already a party pursuant to Rule 32, or unless otherwise specified, participants to a juvenile protection matter shall include: (a) the child; (b) any parent who is not a legal custodian and any alleged, adjudicated, or presumed father; (c) the responsible social services agency, when the responsible social services agency is not the petitioner; (d) any guardian ad litem for the child's legal custodian; (e) grandparents with whom the child has lived within the two years preceding the filing of the petition; (f) relatives or other persons providing care for the child and other relatives who request notice; (g) current foster parents, persons proposed as permanent foster care parents, and persons proposed as pre-adoptive parents; (h) the spouse of the child, if any; and (i) any other person who is deemed by the court to be important to a resolution that is in the best interests of the child.