Rule 47.  Status conference

The court may convene a status conference, upon its own motion or, if requested, by any party or person entitled to notice and the right to be heard, at any time during the proceedings to allow the parties, the multidisciplinary treatment team, persons entitled to notice and the right to be heard, or representatives of the Department to advise the court of pertinent developments in the case or problems which arose during the formulation and implementation of a case plan. Where it appears to the court that any such issue can not be resolved without the taking of evidence, the court may proceed to take evidence, if appropriate notice has been given in advance, or set such further hearing and require notice thereof to all remaining proper parties or persons entitled to notice and the right to be heard, as the court may be advised. Upon the taking of such evidence, the court shall make such findings in the appropriate post-dispositional order as are required to dispose of the issue thus raised.